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Larry Winget (known as the PitBull of Personal Development) is an amazing speaker, businessperson, and author.  One of his books is It’s Called Work for a Reason (Your Success is Your Own Damn Fault) and here’s a quick excerpt: 

There are no secrets

Speakers, trainers, and authors love to tell you that there are secrets to success.  When they have convinced you that there are secrets to being more successful, selling more, or being rich, you will give them your money, they will share those secrets with you.  What a rip-off.  Those people should be ashamed.  (Not ashamed for trying to sell you their ideas, because we all have the right to do that.  I sold you my ideas when you bought this book, so I have no problem with selling ideas.)  They should be ashamed for saying there are secrets to being more successful.  There are no secrets.  There is no new information. They same things it takes to be successful today are the same things it has taken to be successful throughout history.  I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world.  You already know them.  You have heard them your entire life.  Here are some of the main keys to being more successful:

• Take personal responsibility.
• Things change, so be flexible.
• Work smart and work hard.
• Serve others well.
• Be nice to others.
• Be optimistic.
• Have goals; want something big for yourself.
• Stay focused.
• Keep learning.
• Become excellent at what you do.
• Trust your gut.
• When in doubt, take action.
• Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.
• Enjoy all you’ve got.
• Above all: keep it simple!

Winget, Larry. It’s Called Work for a Reason! 2007. Penguin Publishing: New York, New York. 19-20.

Just check yourself (and I’ll check myself, too) against this list.

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