Watching people succeed is so inspiring. Furthermore, the more you watch them, the more they look alike in terms of skills, habits, and attitudes.
“Success leaves clues. People who succeed at the highest level are doing something differently than everyone else does” – Tony Robbins
Many people tend to want to differentiate themselves. In a sense, it’s a good thing because it will help you develop your uniqueness in your industry. Yet, in order to succeed, you’ll have to adopt certain skills that are tremendous to help you achive your goals.
Your attitude towards life will determine your success
Here are five skills I think most impactful people have:
Skill #1 - Selling
One of the most important skills that I think everybody should learn is the skill of selling. Think about it for a second, selling is everywhere, whether in your personal life, your business or in society. It’s one of those chameleon skills that you can implement on many different area of your life.
Successful people know how to be so magnetic that selling is a bruise for them. They know how to ignite the customer’s psychological buying buttons using their vision, stories, desires, and pain.
Selling isn’t only about money. And, interestingly enough, you’ll see that leveling up your selling skills will make every other relationship in your life frictionless.
Skill #2 – Observation
All the greatest know about the importance of observation. Many people wander through life without ever focusing on anything which is a lot of wasting. Understanding that opportunities are everywhere.
A study showed the importance of being present and good with yourself. In the study, two groups of participants were asked to get into a bar where a $50 bill was strategically placed.
Funny enough, every person that was part of the group that labeled themselves as “lucky” found the $50 bill almost instantly whilst 90% of the other group that presented themselves as “unlucky” never found the bill. Even when asked to look for it.
Practicing detached observation will help you see exactly what’s there without feelings involved.
Mastering this skill will help you be more empathetic and, as an entrepreneur, see the gap you need to fill whether business-wise or relationship-wise.
Skill #3 – Calmness
Most people might not see it as a skill but I certainly do. There was a time when I used to be triggered by a lot of things that were linked to my unresoved traumas. And most people live with their traumas unnoticed.
This skill is utterly linked to observation. The mind and emotions need to be calmed and connected so that you can see what’s really there and not let personal judgment blur it.
Calmness has a lot to do with your experience and your level of competency.
The more capable you are, the less reactive you become. – Cheikh Sambakhe
Skill #4 – Conciseness
Learn to get straight to the point in all your communications, whether in writing or speech. Mastering this skill will help you focus on what’s important, letting go of trivial things.
This is one of the hardest part of my development journey so far. It’s a lot harder than it may sound. Because learning to be concise means learning to cut through the noise and focus.
When you want to build a great life, your ability to focus and be concise on your objectives is crucial because it forces you to say NO to every other thing that is not relevant to your life and goals.
Skill #5 – Sharing
Sharing can take different forms: money, time, or knowledge.
Sharing is often overlooked by self-growth gurus but it’s certainly part of the process. Big companies are great examples of how sharing can be beneficial both for your reputation and for your economics. Overall on your life.
Another great example is Warren Buffet who have decided to donate 99% of his total wealth (billions of dollars) to charity.
Sharing isn’t only about money though. You can be generous with your time, your presence or energy, as long as it is genuine.
What’s interesting is that it’s only through sharing that you can outgrow yourself.
