爲什麼他們可以成功:成功必備的十大重要品質

No matter how diverse their goals or crafts, the super-achievers shared many of the same habits. How can you follow in their footsteps? These are the 10 qualities that will set you apart.
不論目標或技藝多麼五花八門，成功人士都有很多共同的習慣。那怎樣才能像他們那樣成功呢？以下十個品質就能讓你脫穎而出：

Dedication To A Vision
爲夢想全力以赴

Every great success starts with inspiration, but not every inspiration leads to success. The most common thing we found was these people’s devotion to the day-to-day struggle. Glossy magazine success stories often don’t show the dark moments, the daily grind or flagging energy that super-achievers endure to realize their goals. However, that dedication is essential to their success.
所有偉大的成功都從創意開始，但不是所有創意都能走向成功。我們發現，成功人士對生活中的平凡瑣事也會全力以赴。雜誌中光鮮亮麗的成功故事很少會表現成功人士的困頓時刻、日常瑣事或他們爲實現目標所付出的種種精力。但正是這種全身心的投入成就了他們的成功。

Intelligent Persistence
聰明地堅持

One thing successful people know: Dedication and blind persistence are two very different things. You can work hard but not smart. When something’s not working, you’ve got to tweak it. Some people just keep banging their heads against the wall. Instead of doggedly using the same ineffective tactics, super-achievers pivot and try to tackle the problem from a different angle.
成功人士都知道：全力以赴和盲目堅持是兩碼事。你可能工作很努力，卻工作得不聰明。如果方法行不通，你就得想辦法解決。有些人只會認死理，而成功人士卻不會死守無效的方法，他們會換個角度來解決問題。

Fostering A Community
培養智囊團

Star performers know they can’t achieve success on their own. Instead, they must galvanize a group of people around their idea or goal. Teamwork, or having an ecosystem of supporters, turns out to be critically vital for success. It doesn’t just include partners and coworkers. It might also mean employees, customers, investors, mentors, fans and social media followers. They quote business guru Guy Kawasaki: “First you have to create something worthy of an ecosystem. Then pick yourevangelists.”
卓越名人都知道不可能憑一己之力取得成功。相反，他們必須激勵其他人一起出謀劃策。團隊合作或有一幫支持者對成功來說至關重要。這不僅是指合夥人或同事，也可能包括員工、客戶、投資者、導師、粉絲以及社會媒體人士等。引用商業大師蓋伊-川崎（小編注：蓋伊-川崎是蘋果公司前首席宣傳官、聯合創始人）的話就是：“你先得建立一套有價值的系統，然後才能找到你的傳道人。”

Managing Emotions
情緒管理

We found that managing emotions is a key element to success. It’s so easy to be derailed by them, but these people are able to channel anger and frustration into their work. This was an important lesson for Jessica Watson, the Australian sailor who circumnavigated the world alone at only 16 years old. While out at sea, when loneliness or negativity set in, she would acknowledge her emotions and remind herself that she could get past them. “You can’t change conditions—just the way you deal with them,” Watson said.
我們發現情緒管理對成功也很重要。人們很容易被情緒左右，但成功人士卻能很好地化憤怒和抑鬱爲工作力量。傑西卡-沃森對此深有體會。這位澳大利亞航海員16歲時就獨自環遊了世界。在海上，孤獨或負面情緒來襲時，她會正視它們，提醒自己可以克服它們。“你無法改變環境，所以只能改變面對環境的方法。”沃森說。

Constantly Evolving
不斷進取

Successful people maintain success by consistently learning and adapting to the environment around them. Tennis champion Martina Navratilova realized this when her game suddenly started sliding. She decided to transform her training routine and diet, and soon was back on track to become an all-star athlete.
成功人士通過不斷學習並適應周圍環境來維持成功。網球冠軍瑪蒂娜-納芙拉蒂洛娃在比賽突然退步時悟出了這個道理。她決定改變訓練模式和飲食，很快又恢復了自己的實力，成爲一名明星運動員。Listening And Remaining Open
傾聽和開放的心態

You don’t normally think of hard-charging, action-oriented leaders as being good listeners. These people’s ability to practice the art of listening helped them learn what they needed to know about the world around them.” For example, Zappos’ Hsieh asked all his employees to share their personal values so that he could incorporate them into the company’s values and culture.
一般來說，作風硬派、雷厲風行的領導人會讓人覺得他們不善於傾聽。實際上這些人很擅長利用傾聽的藝術從周圍獲取自己需要的信息。比如說，Zappos的創始人謝家華就要求員工分享各自的價值觀，從而使他們融入企業的文化和價值觀。

Good Storytelling
善於講故事

Stories have the ability to transport people to your world, and then they’re more likely to invest in you and your brand. Philippe Petit, famous for his high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York City’s World Trade Center in the 1970s, believed other wire-walkers were trying to make it look hard. But he wanted to be a poet in the sky and seem effortless. His narrative wasn’t in words, but it was a story he was communicating.
故事可以帶領人們進入你的世界，讓他們更願意投資你和你的品牌。菲利普-帕特是著名的走鋼絲藝人。他曾在上世紀70年代在紐約世貿中心雙子塔之間表演高空走鋼絲。他認爲其他走鋼絲人一直試圖將走鋼絲搞得看上去很難。但他卻希望成爲“空中詩人”，讓走鋼絲看上去輕鬆無比。儘管沒有用言語講述，但卻是在講述一則故事。

Testing Ideas In The Market
用市場檢驗想法

Everybody has a bias to think their own idea is brilliant. [Achievers] roll it out in an environment that’s as close as possible to the market. Bill Gross, serial entrepreneur, always tests before he invests. When he had an idea for an online car dealer, CarsDirect, no one was sure if people would actually buy a car from a Web site. He decided to put up a test site to see what would happen. Before they had any inventory, they’d sold four cars and had to shut down the site. On the upside, Gross then knew for a fact there was a market for the service.
每個人都有私心，覺得自己的想法特棒。成功人士會在接近市場的環境中試驗自己的想法。比爾-格羅斯是多家企業的創辦人，他在投資前總要先進行試驗。當他想在網上進行汽車直銷，沒人確定人們願不願意從網上買車。於是格羅斯決定試驗一下，看看到底如何。還未存貨前，他們只賣了四輛車，最後只好關閉網站。從好的方面來看，格羅斯起碼知道了市場的服務需求。

Practicing Patience
學會耐心

Inaction, or stillness, can sometimes be just as useful as action. The importance of patience was a primary theme among the super-achievers–whether it’s strategically waiting for the best time to make a move or continuing to pursue a larger vision without receiving immediate rewards. Jill Tarter, a director of the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), has been searching for life on other planets for the last 50 years without any guarantee of success.
有時不作爲或安靜也和行動一樣有效。耐心是成功人士第一要點——不論是有策略地等待最佳行動時機還是拒絕臨時獎勵而謀求更大目標。吉爾-塔爾特是SETI（外星智能搜尋）研究中心的一名主管，雖不確定成功與否，50年來卻一直在搜尋外星生物。

Pursuing Happiness
追求快樂

Success fuels happiness, and happiness in turn fuels greater success. Jennings, “the winningest game-show champion in history,” said once he became a contestant on a game show, it filled his entire life with passion. That happiness helped him win, and winning ended up giving him the confidence he needed to pursue a career he loved: writing. Seeking happiness in your life and work turns out to be a win-win.
成功帶來快樂，而快樂反過來也會帶來更大成功。“史上最強競賽節目冠軍”詹寧斯曾說，每次參加競賽節目，自己整個人都會激情澎湃。快樂使他贏得比賽，而獲勝反過來也增強了他追求至愛事業的信心：寫作。從生活與工作中尋找快樂吧，這樣你就能獲得雙贏！