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WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL PERSON SUCCESSFUL?

It’s useful to think about what makes a person successful, because a lot of the time you might say to yourself that you can’t be successful because of your upbringing, your social background, what your parents did, your education, where you live or numerous other reasons. These are really just excuses or limiting beliefs.

If you look at very successful people, people who have achieved really amazing goals, you’ll often find that they didn’t come from ideal backgrounds. They just knew they wanted to be successful, and set their mindset up in the right way – whether they consciously realized that at the time or not.

So, when you think about your education, social background, successful parents, location, ...

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