3 Traits of the Most Successful People You Must Have

Let’s have a look at the 3 Ps of all-time impactful leaders

Saeed Ahmad
Two Minute Madness
2 min readOct 30, 2020

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Everyone follows Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and thousands of other successful people. People see all the aura around their personality but neglect the things that were key in their growth. We want to be icons like them and idolize their current position, status, and reverence.

But did you ever think that what are the three key things in their lives?

Persistence

If you read biographies or life accounts of the most successful people, you’ll find that one of their most important habits is persistence.

No one gets fame, success, and honor in a day. All that glitters is not gold. There are lots of pains, struggles, and hardships behind that.

Victory comes with patience, persistence, and constant hard work. What they achieved today is the fruit of untiring efforts they have been putting for a long time.

In the modern world, it’s easy to lose focus. There are so many things happening around us. Some distractions are attractive enough to pull us towards them. It’s easier to lose focus nowadays.

That’s why it makes sense that persistence is one of the essential qualities of successful people in modern times.

Punctuality

Being punctual is a quality trait that will help you to stand out from your peers. It shows you are responsible, serious, and disciplined.

You might have also noticed that during your studies, disciplined students often get chances to lead the societies. The same rule applies to professional life.

If you are punctual, you’ll get more chances to execute and showcase your leadership skills. That’s where you can shine and jump up to more exciting roles in life.

Personality

Before letting the world believe in you, you need to believe in yourself. If you don’t, no one is going to take you seriously.

I often see many young talented people who are in the early stages of their careers. They miss this trait. They don’t believe in themselves despite being so gifted.

Successful people believe in themselves. They pave the way to their success by not only their hard skills but also their soft skills. Communication, posture, behavior — everything matters and shapes your personality.

Takeaway

Being successful in anything is not easy. It’s the reason a few people in the world are genuinely successful.

If you want to be successful, you need to follow these basic traits alongside working on other stuff.

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Saeed Ahmad
Two Minute Madness

I help developers to be better engineers! 💻 Software Engineer | 📈 Data Science | 💼 Entrepreneurship | 🧠 AI | 🖋️ Writer at DEV with 250K+ views.