8 traits of successful people - Richard St. John

Ten years of research and 500 face-to-face-interviews led Richard St. John to a collection of eight common traits in successful leaders around the world.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau

[@utkarshpandey6879]

Wow.

[@utkarshpandey6879]

Irony

[@纃]

True, but that's not the only answer

[@squaredupstudios]

all of us just took an L

[@eminkilicaslan8945]

Who is that anyway? Anyone successfull?

[@iwearniceshirts]

So sad to read through the comments and find a whole bunch of hopelessness being spread about. It's just sad that people think that success is only the result of luck, and that it's all about who's dealt the right cards. Don't believe those lies... You CAN be successful. Yes, it may take more effort than average, or maybe less, depending on where you're at, but the choice to be successful in any area of life is your choice. Don't let the mopers, blamers, and critics of success and successful people drag you down. Most are only envious of where successful people are at and aren't willing to do what it takes in their own lives to be successful, so they'll just try to drag everyone else down to where they're at, because it makes them comfortable. Don't let them! Keep dreaming! Keep striving! You can make this world a better place!

[@EveryoneHarmonyPeace]

Why this comment don't get much thumb up? I give 1 btw.

[@kalamansihans]

it makes me happy to know at least one person who understands what it takes to succeed :)

[@dax01]

EveryoneHarmonyPeace Indeed, it is a pity that there are so many pessimists on a video of a human willing to help people reach similar levels of success. If you are anything like me and enjoy watching this, I highly suggest you watch some videos by Tony Robbins.

[@tanweeralam1650]

Its true.U r right Gabriel. :) can we be friends on Fb.send me your profile link if u want.

[@WeirdTale]

Then can you explain to me why some lazy assholes that no one could possibly like, that lack intelligence subtlety, and charisma, become so filthy stinking rich that they own solid gold toilets? And don;t say hard work, because the key word here is lazy.

[@nghiembinhbui]

He is a 10-years researcher, an experienced interviewer, an athlete and a successful person. I bow my head for this man. Thank you for your suggestions. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@wkbrl9805]

O hristiyan işareti bu müslüman dua işareti 🤲🏻

[@YesterdayOfSuccessfulPeople]

6:12 Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Successful individuals exude confidence, yet remain humble, knowing that success is not a destination but a journey

[@realsandeep]

how can a "poor" girl travel along with him in the first class coach?

[@molopes7386]

Sandeep Balachandran true 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@realsandeep]

@Game Dev Crystal make sense somehow :)

[@rejinarejina2941]

True.😇

[@joserubalcava1811]

She coulda gotten money from somewhere else. Scholarship, got invited for something, or maybe someone else just paid for it. Either that or she worked hard at a minimum wage job just to get a first class ticket- in which case she’s not good at money.

[@rrreee4673]

She's a sugar baby

[@jacky7878]

1. passion- love what you do 2. work hard 3. focus your energy on one thing 4. keep pushing yourself 5. come up with good ideas 6. improve at what you do 7. serve others 8. persist until you succeed

[@tanishqajk6514]

Accd to that even a 5 year old could be successful..

[@jolynnathan8475]

Thank you a lot. You just saved me 10 minutes!

[@savannahm.laurentian1286]

Thank you! I just got back 6 minutes of my life.

[@lenni332]

Thank you

[@samarveersingh3904]

why did u take the watch time from ted ed ....they must have worked so hard

[@Paulginz]

There are some serious issues with his methodology, so the conclusions should be taken with a large grain of salt. 1) He is asking successful people what they think led to their success. This is only useful if we assume that successful people have a good understanding of what made them successful. He admits he doesn't understand how he became successful himself. Plenty of people who win games of pure chance (e.g. roulette, snakes and ladders) incorrectly attribute their success to skill/strategy. 2) He is effectively asking successful people to describe their own personality. There are inherent biases at play. For example most people think they are more intelligent, altruistic, creative and hardworking than most people. 3) There is no control group. As far as we know, people who aren't so successful would also claim to be passionate, hardworking, and to have had persisted in the face of adversity etc. A good test for this theory is to see whether he can use it to design a questionnaire/interview/technique which can predict who will be successful and who won't (before they become successful or don't). I'm sure there would be a huge amount of interest in this if it can be made to work. For example employers might want to use it to test job applicants.

[@game2heart]

I agree with you in that there is bias when simply asking successful people an open-ended question such as, "What made you successful?" However, there are so many factors that play into the success of a person. Not all depend on just personality traits. I would go as far as to argue that luck and connections also play a huge factor into a person's success.

[@chrisbadiou1407]

Paulginz Keep in mind that this is a 7 minute video about years of work, so many details were probably left out.

[@TheFreshspidey]

You know somethings fishy when the ratings bar get's removed lol..

[@stella_lilies]

LifesRecycled why are there no comments here I wonder

[@Joe-cz1tt]

LifesRecycled guess they have 1M dislikes lol

[@jonhohensee3258]

gets

[@cookiecakeeater6340]

Are you talking about them fake audience? I don’t understand

[@cookiecakeeater6340]

Usually when it’s something they don’t want people to know they also remove comments

[@raycyst-k9v]

am i the only one who watched the whole video and didnt notice the fake audience?

[@msoswal]

Damon Kutt I am with u.. I dived so into video that I did not notice any thing fake.. It's really informative...

[@georgefields7542]

No

[@Peter-xs2mu]

You might be - I listened to - instead of watched - the video and the similarity of the laughing and clapping was obvious.

[@lkm_6689]

Same

[@СофьяШатохина-у2ч]

Me too 😉

[@kumarprasanna4029]

8 Traits of successful people 1) PASSION - love what you do 2) WORK - Work really hard than ever before 3) FOCUS - focus on onething and not every thing (take up one idea in life and make that idea, your life) 4) PUSH - keep pushing yourself over your limit, every single time 5) IDEAS - comeup with new ideas 6) IMPROVE - keep improving on something you do 7) SERVE - serve others of some value ( success is not always about 'me') 8) PERSIST - there is no over night success

[@ashleigh-eva]

i love the way he phrases and delivers his sentences, he sounds so cheerful it makes me happy- it's infectious really

[@habibikante9472]

omg finally atleast one comment saying the video was good. I have no idea what these people are upto in the comments. Did they expect him to bring some magic lamp or smtn?

[@indy4fly]

@@habibikante9472 - They are just mean and unsuccessful people! 😄

[@melodylin5058]

To save you all some time, the eight traits of success begins at 6:10 . before that, all he talked about was what led him to start this research of interviewing successful people

[@ayushanand7933]

You will surely get success, successful people save time. Regards

[@AngelMoreno-bu5ms]

Thank you kind sir

[@nothingmuch1039e9]

Yeah like 😂

[@TheVeryEnd87]

@@ayushanand7933 But at same time succesful people tend to listen to both gain perspective but also understand what information is of importance ;) If you do not listen to get the whole picture, then how will you be able to decide what information is of importance?

[@supernintendo7579]

Thank youuuuu

[@modernmarvel]

Poor girl, she didn't get the answer to her most important question 😔

[@smartcatcollarproject5699]

+modernmarvel Probably a made up story anyway.

[@modernmarvel]

+Smart Cat Collar Project This is very true my friend.

[@dolynho_seuamiguinho]

+modernmarvel maybe she saw this video

[@modernmarvel]

+Dollynho é seu amiginho That would be awesome!!!

[@hyaninacio9343]

+Dollynho é seu amiginho Br aparece em todo canto

[@stevef4010]

so he saved it all for the last 30 seconds

[@aastha2702]

+Steve F yeh

[@everythingelse5732]

If only I read your message before I watched the video.

[@bashvim]

Eight traits starts from 6:10. You are welcome :)

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

Thanks. I was nearly losing the will to go on.

[@Aritul]

Thanks!

[@johnnydavidsanchez3969]

this dudes full of it. too early for Christmas ham

[@rayaankhan9218]

Thank You

[@tanyay1073]

SPT Thanks!

[@burpyoshi9503]

He successfully managed to pay people to laugh at his jokes

[@superresistant0]

Indeed. Haters gonna hate.

[@peterturner345]

Haha he's right ^ he just hated on ur joke

[@kewkabe]

The audience was edited in -- it's all fake.

[@zidanemarkey1860]

Woulda really loved an actual explanation

[@mohamededbey]

@@zidanemarkey1860 What he meant is that he's jokes aren't funny

[@thejuanpa88]

I dont want to be rude, but did he really needed to interview 500+ people to get the 8 most stereotypical tips in the world?

[@HoppoTheWhale]

+El rincon de obey Alberto Diaz, a scientist, took 10 years to determine what are the causes of Guillain Barre syndrome and between those years, I'm pretty sure he treated over 500+ patients as well, to confirm the details.

[@bammer150]

+HoppoTheWhale Wow, you should get more likes..srsly..

[@sapienecks]

+El rincon de obey Well, I suggest you follow those eight traits for a year and then tell us if you aren't successful. If you fudge once on any of those eight trait for even a day, you lose the challenge and the credibility behind that statement of yours.

[@thejuanpa88]

+sapienecks I never said those traits werent correct or good. I just said they are so common to hear that it makes no sense that he had to interview over 500 people. I mean, its like saying: most successful people have a heart, a brain, a digestive system,etc.

[@sapienecks]

El rincon de obey Common? In what? To hear? Or do? Big difference. Very big difference between the poor and the successful road.

[@SpirosAliprantis]

How many unsuccessful people did you interview and why they were unsuccessful?

[@yvonnehsu16]

Good point! Unfortunately, human wouldn't like to hear that kind of story 'cause most people failed, and they want the miracle or some kind of beautiful lie to make themselves feel much more better.

[@user.netizen11]

@@yvonnehsu16 Apt and logical comment.

[@samalakianrussel2399]

@@user.netizen11 true

[@nandinigiri5284]

Summary (the 8 traits): 1: Love what you do. 2: Work really hard. 3: Focus on one thing, not everything. 4: Keep pushing yourself. 5: Come up with good ideas. 6: Keep improving yourself and what you do. 7: Serve others something of value, because success isn't just about me it's about everyone. 8: Persist, because there's no overnight success. Hope it helps!

[@apc9714]

It does. Thanks for summarising the video for us

[@1TieDye1]

wow.. this video is bad.. I usually love ted but, what is this? fake laugh track, fake clapping, fake audience, seriously?

[@engelsksommarregn]

+1TieDye1 how do you know the clapping is fake?

[@pokemad1998]

+TheVictorianSun It's really fake dude... I saw these audiences and they were in other ted talks i saw, and these laugh tracks are over used and obvious.

[@Beleza93]

+1TieDye1 what matters is not the production. What matters is the content. jovens...

[@philipw8911]

+Caio Beleza I support you

[@oberhauser6427]

+1TieDye1 yeah but lets focus on the actual content of the speaker which is good

[@yogifal]

i don't know why people hate this video so much. i don't care about fake story and laugh, but what he said was meant to inspire, and nothing is wrong with that

[@colecarmichael5724]

Pushing your version of success on others is part of problem with this world. Not saying people don’t deserve to have their stories heard but that’s all this is. One persons life. One person perspective. Yours and all of our lives are so individualized and unique that success stories like this are just teaching us to us other peoples strengths and our teaching us that our strengths are weaknesses which is not the best way to approach cultivating better lives for others

[@liss3285]

@@colecarmichael5724 I can see that you have not watched atleast 5min into the video

[@jensenraylight8011]

​@@colecarmichael5724 dude, you're so insecure. this video could guide millions of people into finding a success and happy life, it is a generic advice that you could apply to everything you do, not just business related. it could be applied to a non profit organization, or whatever charity organization. it's the advice that derrived from thousands of successful people. or are you saying you're better than those thousands of successful people? you're not the one who spent 10 years interviewing thousands of people, you're not the one who sorting, and analyzing gargantuan amount of data gathered. that mean, your opinion is worthless, you don't even have the credibility like him.

[@hello-gx6oi]

@@colecarmichael5724 watch the whole video

[@deadman4222]

I really liked this talk, his humility was shown in how simple and consise 10 years of research were presented and his findings resonated with me.

[@maryland7586]

>Is one of the most successful people of all time. >Still uses Comic Sans.

[@vidyab.6938]

Legend.

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

How did the poor girl manage to buy a plane ticket?

[@harveersingh7803]

may be collect money from years and may be someone help her and nice picture e=mc square

[@AdobadoFantastico]

He said poor, not completely broke. lol

[@obnoxiousvodka]

Michael McNamara prostitution...

[@AdobadoFantastico]

Ben Krein Quite plausible, now that you mention it.

[@gvpgroup]

Girl's parents annual income-$250,000=poor folks

[@freedonx]

I read his book 12 years ago, when I was still a regular IT guy. I'm no longer in the IT field (nor I'm a half-millionar). However these principals that I read 12 years ago are the basis of my new business and I feel great!

[@jessicatimmins237]

I did not hit her. It's not true. It's bullshit. I did not hit her. I did naaawt.

[@DrFamine]

Oh hi Jessica!

[@iriyabran]

+Jessica Timmins So anyway how's your sex life?

[@Flascoexp]

A lot of these things successful people say is things we already know. It's the same thing told over and over again. Our biggest problem is fear, self doubts, lack of passion, impatience, procrastination, forgetting you're not the only one on earth with misfortunes, selfishness; the need to fit in either with a person you care about, a small group, or a large crowd. If you cannot fix those problems yourself then there's nothing to be done. Success depends on you, what do and who you associate with. It's easier to blame others for our problems.....easier than 1+1=2.

[@nolanschmidt3720]

I just want to see a TedEd speech in person.

[@ajd89]

10 years of research for those 8 .. they seemed obvious. I think right place right time helps a lot too

[@kimchimaek]

I would also add, who you know.

[@aldoabiyyudzakihamdan4765]

Woa 7 years ago

[@Truthiness231]

You mean working hard and focusing on something [can, with luck] lead to [monetary] success? Well I never... Seriously, this video was beyond pointless. TED removes Sarah Silverman's video but leaves this up? They must have some potent crack...

[@Horrortelltales]

6:15 i'm gonna listen to this guy and work really hurd, i don't know what hurd is but i'm going to try to work hurd.

[@golamazam84x]

SweDawgTv Don't become stressed out, sick and then regret to go back and want to be happy

[@hb6839]

LMFAO thx

[@rajathapa87]

He said hard.

[@AhmedSheikh]

😂😂😂😂

[@mattakubodimasen10]

Made my day man XD

[@rodrigoamem]

This looks like one of those parody Ted Talk videos on John Oliver's show.

[@waltermitty7993]

1. PASSION - love what you do（热爱你所做的） 2. WORK - work really hard（尽你所能的努力工作） 3. FOCUS - focus on one thing, not everything（专注一件事，而不是所有事） 4. PUSH - keep pushing yourself（不断的鞭策自己） 5. IDEAS - come up with good ideas（让自己想出更好的点子来） 6. IMPROVE - keep improving yourself and what you do（不断的提升自己和自己的事业） 7. SERVE - serve others something of value, because success isn't just about me me me（造福大家，为别人做些有用的事，因为成功不是一个人的事） 8. PERSIST - persist, because there's no overnight success（坚持下去，因为没有一夜之间就能成功的） 在它们之上，我们再发展我们的具体本领，那些我们在各种不同的行业中所需要的不同的技能： * 技术能力 * 理解能力 * 人际关系能力 * 创造能力 * 管理能力 * 计算机能力

[@writerconsidered]

personally I think he's just another motivational salesman

[@HalfBlindProductions]

selling what?

[@writerconsidered]

Half Blind Productions motivation

[@HalfBlindProductions]

never thought of it that way

[@TheSilentdarkmuse]

Personally i think you should do a flip. from Mount Everest.

[@scgoquj86]

susheel sundar lmao good one

[@blueballoon7832]

if you interview poor ppl about their life, you'll most likely see these 8 traits present in their life also. If you're really dont want to sound philological, there is another factors that play into success: OPPORTUNITY. there are several books that complied stories and exp. about just opportunity and how it plays a large factors into a person life.

[@纃]

Well, it's 8 traits that successful people have. Not how to be successful

[@deepackuk]

It is quite shocking to see so many negative comments. I think the video is great! I don't care about the editing of the video... Fake laugh track etc... What is most important is the underlying message and how it makes you feel - the backstory adds scope and context that many people can be successful. At the end of all this, it is really up to you as an individual, how you react to the 8 traits presented. Richard St. John has done extensive research over a long period of time over his career and this is what he came up with. It may seem like a generic list to you, but what credentials have you got to have a greater counter to his research? Do not doubt yourself in what you can achieve. Do not pay attention to the people who haven't achieved anything and want to drag you down because of their own self doubts. The successful people are the few that broke free from the noise. Do understand that we are individuals and you can achieve success if you really believe you can. Apply the 8 traits to your life. Give a pen to a physicist and he will attempt to solve the mysteries of the universe, give a pen to an artist and he will attempt to draw an inspiring masterpiece. Give a pen to you... what will you do? Start with an idea...

[@justforrow]

The last part was beautiful. I'm writing this quote down somewhere.

[@valerievedette9542]

I will be successful for sure! Honestly, anybody reading this comment, I'm becoming an author that will spread lovely stories around the world about important life lessons, my view on life and people! I just feel such a great need to create a change in the world! I have even started writing, or practicing, and I can just feel it! I keep saying when I'm good I'll start writing but I'm not waiting for my success I'm working for it!

[@drnikhilmitkar]

Good luck my friend

[@NicoFTWandMichael]

Good luck.

[@valerievedette9542]

+Nikhil Mitkar omaigodd didn't think everyone would be nice cool lolz well sorry I should be more professional. Let me tell you I'm grateful for the support and that there unfortunately aren't as many people as you out there. Internet is changing everything, making people more cruel because they will never get caught for their hurtful words. If you keep spreading knowledge instead of anger people won't refuse listening to you. Present your ideas with kindness and don't forget to listen to your opponent! I hope you listen to my advice and maybe some day more people will think before they act.

[@valerievedette9542]

+GerardSchulz omaigodd didn't think everyone would be nice cool lolz well sorry I should be more professional. Let me tell you I'm grateful for the support and that there unfortunately aren't as many people as you out there. Internet is changing everything, making people more cruel because they will never get caught for their hurtful words. If you keep spreading knowledge instead of anger people won't refuse listening to you. Present your ideas with kindness and don't forget to listen to your opponent! I hope you listen to my advice and maybe some day more people will think before they act.

[@valerievedette9542]

+Nicoand Michael omaigodd didn't think everyone would be nice cool lolz well sorry I should be more professional. Let me tell you I'm grateful for the support and that there unfortunately aren't as many people as you out there. Internet is changing everything, making people more cruel because they will never get caught for their hurtful words. If you keep spreading knowledge instead of anger people won't refuse listening to you. Present your ideas with kindness and don't forget to listen to your opponent! I hope you listen to my advice and maybe some day more people will think before they act.

[@DJBuckCallYo]

Was the fake laugh track necessary?

[@basicinfo1640]

How is she poor if they could afford to go on a plane?

[@tezwoacz]

+iLovesToHatez because cool story, u dont rly believe this bs do u ?

[@SandyHummingbird]

+Rebecca Walker Not how poverty works

[@n_gauhar2645]

I go on planes too but I'm from a middle class family. & I wanna do something in life too.

[@dankumar1139]

+Rebecca Walker She worked for two years for her ticket... it was on the news article she is from Detroit and makes really shit money she probably sold drugs on the side

[@bobeboy5151]

+Rebecca Walker That's why she's poor

[@tzellis]

I usually love Ted's videos but this praticular one is really annoying for some reason I can't even articulate.

[@jenniferlynn3579]

It's because it subtly feels like a purposely surreal tim and eric sketch, but it's actually only incidentally surreal. The presenters inflections and style of comedic delivery is what causes this.

[@despinapapachronis1116]

It is not in front of a live audience, the sound of the presenter sounds like it was recorded in studio, the audience was photoshopped in. It doesn't feel real or genuine, and it seems like a trick, so it's harder to buy into his theory.

[@greatmaddyave]

This guy wasted his time and research with poor approach. successful people don't know why they are successful, many of them believe it was their hard work and determination. However if you read Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" you'll see its actually a combination of being incredibly lucky and having rich parents. This is why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Rich kids can afford to venture into their own things whether or not they amount to any income, poor kids have to get a job where its paramount they make money. Rich kids can be bought opportunity, for instance schooling and even a company already for them.

[@SandyHummingbird]

+John Cossack THANK YOU

[@aruyvoknebet5329]

+John Cossack your words true on 60%.

[@user-ll5pj1vj3c]

+John Cossack very true, but somehow a few fall up the cracks :-)

[@greatmaddyave]

Bjorn Kleiven Then that still proves my point, his research didn't account for these "outliers".

[@user-ll5pj1vj3c]

I agree ;.)¨

[@mahibili2302]

Gratefulness is the secret to happiness. Once we all realize how incredibly lucky we are to even be alive on this planet and stop comparing ourselves to others, true happiness will find us. The one thing that helped me so much to become more grateful was Forwago.

[@wailinaung871]

Last week I ran my first 5k without stopping and all the time I could hear the voice in my head saying that I can do it. Forwago, thank you so much for everything!!

[@cgreacen]

Huge problem with this whole project: survivor bias. It's like interviewing lottery winners and coming the conclusion that the way to get rich is to win the lottery by buying a lot of lottery tickets. In reality, on average people that buy a lot of lottery tickets are worse off, not better off...

[@MrJethroha]

Next do a video on survivorship bias. The greatest component to success is luck. You can do everything wrong and succeed or do everything right and fail.

[@sindhuprasaddubey5789]

we all know how to success but the thing is that we reluct ourselves from applying our knowledge and experience into practice in real day to day life.

[@iLOVEpicklesBRO28]

"Im not sucessful" "I'm a millionaire." Already tuned out

[@baodau2230]

I don’t think 1 million would do. At least in terms of assets

[@sapnayogi6789]

Exactly! This sentence was BOOM super hit in my head.

[@Hissingcash123]

I don't see why people are hating, I think this is fairly accurate. Success isn't about money, rather than happiness. If you work hard, push yourself and love what you do and strive to be better, why wouldn't that lead to success? I'm not saying you'll be the best at what you do, but if you follow those 8 steps diligently how is that not leading a road to happiness/success?

[@Hissingcash123]

Not to discredit the fact that this is common knowledge, but idk why anyone would expect anything new for success? There isn't some magic formula, it's mainly just hard work, dedication and some luck, if you expected anything other than that, sorry but your hopes were too high

[@jennyngocquynhanhtran5037]

I love how humble he is.

[@uaconcuaang4738]

Hello, i'm from vietnam and i like this video. I want to learn English. I love everyone

[@OmprakashYadavIIT]

10yrs of wok in 7min, simply awesome and presentation was simple and clean, thanks

[@Jia1337]

To me, success is simply achieve my dream goals and once I achieve them, think of other goals to achieve until I die. Life is meaningless without a goal.

[@astraeanatsuki3231]

I don’t have a goal in life, I don’t understand how can I find my passion cause nothing interests me...I guess my life’s meaningless then

[@animepeople8744]

aye I needed that

[@nerdalert6578]

Passion & persistence is the heart & heartbeat of success!

[@MakingCHAMPS]

The speaker has managed to interact with so many 'successful' people. The summary is useful, though there might be nothing new. A definition of success would have helped. I personally like this one - Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals by Paul J. Meyer

[@MarcusSpehBirkenkrahe]

Great storyteller. Just taught a class in organisational storytelling and I will send this to the students as an example. At the same time, it reminds them of key traits not just to life success but to project success, study success...pretty much any time you want to get somewhere.

[@LadyTink]

the audience sounds fake :|

[@TheSilentdarkmuse]

Oooh? seems like Mr.Richard had them paid off to laugh right? Genius sir :P

[@thelastofone3430]

by the way he is standing on a green screen and the audience is from another ted talk, thats why they laugh at everything small

[@thelastofone3430]

Thats sooo sad

[@mridulatirumala3065]

Mazhar Bab which ted talk

[@matthewdenny7137]

this is the most awkward laughing ever.

[@gulnozsaidxonova3067]

I liked one of his comments, "keep pushing yourself".

[@thesinginggeek9182]

i can't focus on one thing! :( i'm interested in so many things

[@yahya-s-ahmed]

Same Jack of all trades Master of none 😥

[@lolojopp]

Make a routine of studies and it works. You just have to organise your time

[@DoktorVinter2011]

I usually never get inspired by these kinds of speeches, but this really helped me. Good video!

[@gonderage]

If u notice, a lot of the people on TED use sarcasm.

[@peaceville]

sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

[@katieflower2330]

Morgan Flaharty What makes you the judge of that? Sarcasm is a form of translation.

[@Toastmaster_5000]

KayT Flower sarcasm is also a form of humor. its also a form of dismission. it's a social tool. there are several ways of putting it. in while it is a form of translation, it is commonly known as the lowest form of wit, though arguably, you can stoop lower depending on your definition of wit.

[@uhbyoihbloiybloihybolgiyh]

That's because a lot of people on TED have alpha personalities

[@gonderage]

Please define the words 'Alpha personalities,' Idon't know what it means, and I don't feel like Googling it.

[@hannara566]

This video made me feel like I have to keep pushing myself. And I thought maybe i knew these things already. I just tried not to take action. Also I’m beginning to understand why they had no choice but to be masterful in their field. I don’t know what to say except for that Keeping up the good work is the most important thing. Sometimes a lot of thought used to get wind of our challenge, isn’t it? Also, it’s important that we have this perception that it’s now or never! In that sense, i wouldn’t give up developing myself constantly in a milion years. That’s the name of the game!

[@GoogleAccount-kc6rt]

People are still interested to find out shortcuts, most intelligent way, etc. Naturally, u are able to be successful.

[@volikoto]

Thank God this guy existed...

[@abhisheknagar5909]

1. passion- love what you do 2. work hard 3. focus your energy on one thing 4. keep pushing yourself 5. come up with good ideas 6. improve at what you do 7. serve others 8. persist until you succeed yes i copy this comment

[@californiarepublic5105]

His jokes made me cringe

[@0901강민재]

성공한 사람들의 8가지 특징에 대하여 알아보는 시간이 되었습니다. 하는 일을 사랑하기, 열심히 일하기, 하나에 초점을 두기, 자신을 밀어붙이기, 좋은 생각을 내기, 계속 발전하기, 봉사하기, 끈기있게 하기, 이 세가지 특징들을 배워보았습니다. 좋은 시간 감사합니다.

[@MrTraveller.]

Thanks. I screen shot the “8 to be great” & will put them into practice

[@kutluhanbayraktar2614]

Forget about the video, let me tell you what makes you successful BORN RICH!!!

[@ZarrocLP]

+Kutluhan Bayraktar Yeah because Donald Trump is soooo successful (obvious sarcasm is obvious)

[@khaldrogo9451]

+ZarrocLP For a bald headed fuck who'se married a smoking ukranian wife and has over 3 billion in his back. Yeah I think you can call him successful, not endorsing him.

[@ohaiderepeeps828]

You can also be successful if: 1: you criticize your work because you know you can do better. 2:You work smart. Making sure to find the best efficient and less costly method. 3:Allow yourself to work on multiple things to know a variety of things you can do. And now at this point all the stuff he comes up with is just common sense. Simple ideas that anyone could come up with. Btw 4 and 8 are basically the same thing.

[@widibaka7058]

"What makes you successful is solving problem."

[@savitriseth9545]

6:12 to save time

[@yuan-jia]

Interlaced videos in 2015 (even 2013)? I am quite disappointed by the content, somehow I find that to be a hook title, because the inside is kind of dull.

[@silenceplzyeah2019]

He is such a soft spoken person.

[@fathimakhan2777]

"Focus only on one thing" same thing I tell on my parents that I can't focus all the subjects....only able to focus one subject..I fed up with studying all the subjects together

[@buianghuy5168]

Nice,i feel great when i watch this video about 8 traits to success

[@thumbbull]

You are a success Richard St. John for staying married while getting no sympathy from your wife at Kilimanjaro. Kudos!

[@ardinavashti6490]

1. Passion 2. Work hard 3. Focus 4. Pushing 5. Idea 6. Improve 7. Serve 8. Persist

[@b3blueblue]

Simply wonderful and heartfelt! Will use this in my class.

[@NoOne-xd1gw]

I think that luckiness is one big factor too

[@TheWendable]

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

[@WLF0X]

Work, push, improve and persist are basically the same concept 💡

[@RUdigitized]

the audience reactions sound fake

[@minorsocpsy5112]

A wonderful lecture about narcisssism

[@Greedio]

What is better? Loving what you do or doing what you love?

[@o1o0Ivl]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAPTAIN OBVIOUS !!!

[@andrewjovanovic1058]

I got this. If it wasn't for me having to pay bills, food, have a social life of some sort - I wouldn't even be focused on money. Since money is required paper for life I have to learn how to sell what I got for others to buy. A person can get burnt out in doing that which is why I have passion and am willing to persist in that passion. I focus on one thing at a time and forget about the mountain...the mountain is always there and focusing on it just slows me down. Plus I am always learning, even stuff that doesn't relate to what I do professionally, it just keeps my mind interested. We should all share our stories on this subject on this comments board. Let's make it a success.

[@abhishekchowdhury6094]

One of the best TED talk i ever seen.. wow...

[@chloemacdonald5488]

Guys, I don't care about the fake laughing track, this is great advice. If the keys to success have been made too simple for some of you, go find some other video to tell you more complex rules to follow, and quit wasting time whining about someone's "boring" success story.

[@rileytuplin269]

I liked this video. I'm not sure why everyone is hating on it?

[@gwynethsantos8254]

I wanna give this man a hugeeeeee THANKS for spending a long time to research lol he's amazing

[@shir0tei]

he looks like he smoked a big fat joint before coming

[@thatsdope9571]

He was building up for it and got me really excited only to list things that every other "motivational" speaker says

[@qpzmwoxneicbv]

He should also interview the people who failed.

[@kamelmebhah4122]

I very grateful God give me good health to be successful.

[@nadie-qm8rq]

I came to realize that, success is not for everyone, I see the people that are successful in life, like BTS for example, my favorite artists, and they're so busy and so hardworking, so passionate, I don't think I would be able to put 10% of the efforts they did in my studies for example, but it's ok, not everyone is meant to be successful, I just want to live a peacefully and enjoy life

[@AA-le3xe]

It's passion that rules them all, without it the other traits/characteristics can't truly exist. Passion is really hard to maintain and apply, therefore success, its idealized form, is not very common.

[@jebc4652]

I love your talks.

[@Lu-hw8zu]

Uma pessoa bem sucedida não é necessariamente alguém rico, uma pessoa bem sucedida é alguém que conseguiu conquistar aquilo que ela desejava, seja uma mansão ou seja uma casinha simples no meio do mato

[@kushagrasingh6928]

If that girl was poor how was she was in plane

[@FlecheDeFer]

No kidding? 10 years of research to finally get that successful people work hard? I should become a TED speaker...