6 Qualities of Wildly Successful People

6 Qualities of Wildly Successful People Adapted fromThe Success Mastery Academyby Brian TracyDo you want to be successful? You can be as long as you learn to think the way the most successful people think and adopt their habits.But what makes someone a master achiever? Here are six characteristics1. They Are AmbitiousThey believe they are capable of being the best. They see themselves as having thecapacity tobe really good at what they do.This welches a really big thought for me. It held me back for many years. When I saw people who were doing better than I was, I naturally assumed they were better than I was. And if they were better than I was, then I must be a worse than them. So that would mean they were superior and I was inferior.Thats a big problem in our societyWe have feelings of inferiority, and these feelings of inferiority are often translated into feelings of undeservedness. The word deserve comes from two Latin words meaning from service . You deserve 100 percent of everything you make and enjoy as long as you get it from serving other people. If you serve better,serve more,serve at a higher level, serve more enthusiastically, and serve at a higher quality, then youll have a wonderful income and youll deserve every penny of it.You just must see yourself capable of being the best.2. They Are CourageousSuccessful people work to confront the fears that hold most people back. The two biggest enemies to our success are fear and doubt.When you do something repeatedly, you develop a habit. Make a habit throughout your life of doing the things that scare you. If you do the thing you fear, the death of fear is certain.So face your fears. The ability to confront your fears is the mark of the superior person. If you have high ambition and you decide to be at the top, and you can confront your fears and do the things that are holding you back, those two things alone will make you a great success.3. They Are CommittedThe top pe ople in every field are completely committed. They believe in themselves they believe in their companies they believe in their products and services they believe in their customers. They have an intense belief.We know that there is a one-to-one relationship between the depth of your belief and what happens in your reality. If you absolutely believe in the rightness and the goodness of what youre doing, you become like a catalyst. You create what is called a transfer like an electrical transfer of enthusiasm.People who are elend committed to what they do lead very empty lives. Caring is a critical element in life. All men and women who enjoy great lives care about what they do. They have passion about what they do. They love what they do.4. They Are PreparedSuccessful people review every detail in advance. They do things that the average person is not willing to do. They make sacrifices the average person is not willing to make. The differencethese sacrifices makeis extraordinary.Be fore you go into a meeting, do your homework. Before you give a speech, research the information and practice your talking points. Dive in deep to review every detail of every situation before you take it on.Successful people are more concerned about pleasing results than they are about pleasing methods. There is nothing more complimentary to your team, your client, or your audience than the feeling that you have thoughtfully prepared.5. They Are Continuous LearnersHigh achievers recognize that if theyre not continually getting better, theyre getting worse. They read, they listen to CDs, and they take additional training. The professional never stops learning.6. They Are ResponsibleThe top people in our society have attitudes of self-employment. Thats essential, because 100 percent of us are self-employed We are presidents of our own personal services corporations. You work for yourself, and the biggest mistake you can ever make is thinkingyouwork for anyone else. The person who sig ns your paycheck may change, your job may change, but you are always the same. Youare the one constant.The fact of the matter is that this is not optional it is mandatory. Youre the president of your own career, your own life, your own finances, your own body, your own family, your own health. You are totally responsible.We have to be responsible. No one will ever do it for us. Its the most liberating and exhilarating thought of all, to realize that youre the president of your own life.A version of this article originally appeared on SUCCESS.com.Brian Tracy is a top-selling author of more than 45 books, as well as writer and producer of audio and video learning programs, including the best-selling The Psychology of Achievement.