The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People

Not trying is, of course, the ultimate failure, for it means you can never make progress toward your goals.

But communication is not about the number of things we say, it’s about the number of things that are understood

Competence Starts with Feeling Competent
How good are you at what you do

Knowledge isn’t going to track you down and force itself upon you,” he had told us more than once.

required year-long senior research papers

We gathered once a week for Professor Brian Lang’s seminar.

Each entry contains a key research finding, complemented by advice and an example that follow from the finding. The research conclusions presented in each entry are based on a meta-analysis of research on success, which means that each conclusion is derived from the work of multiple researchers studying the same topic. To enable the reader to find further information on each topic, a reference to a supporting study is included in each entry, and a bibliography of recent work on success has also been provided.

Each of the 100 entries presented here is based on the research conclusions of scientists studying success.

sincere appreciation to Gideon Weil, my editor, for his guidance and encouragement, and to Sandy Choron, my agent, for her boundless enthusiasm and dedication. My great thanks are also due to the staff of HarperSanFrancisco for their skilled assistance in this work.

It’s Not How Hard You Try