by Ryan Ambrose

Failure happens to everyone. Goodness knows I’ve fallen on my face often enough. Every so often I try a plan I think is a slam dunk, trip, and wind up kissing dirt. I feel so low I wonder if the world will end, or if the ground will split and swallow me whole. Then I get over it, dust myself off, and try again.

The popular (and wholly incorrect) wisdom is that successful people are ‘lucky’ or ‘born to it’. The whole world of success is supposedly a world of Paris Hilton variations. Yes, a few people are born to wealth, and manage to be successful for doing nothing. But you don’t build giant companies from scratch, overcome poverty by your own diligence, or create legacies this way. So, what makes successful people successful? Read the rest of this entry »

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