Following are the 11 reasons that make successful people successful.

1. They Add Value
If you ask the majority of successful humans what element would be of most importance in reaching any level of success – I am sure most would reply “Add Value”
Adding Value means your business or service is benefiting others – The more others benefit from your product or service, the higher you will climb on the ladder of success. Look out for opportunities and ways to add more value in the lives of others. The reason successful people are successful is they think about adding value first, the wealth and success comes after and not before this point.

2. They Sacrifice
Another key point about successful people is that they are ready to make sacrifices for things they really want in life. They look beyond instant gratification and seek the long-term growth and success. If they have to sacrifice for their goals, they aren’t hesitant. Whether it be time, parties, fun with friends and family – when successful people are committed to a end goal they will do whatever it takes, and sacrifice whatever necessary to reach that goal.

3. They Don’t Care For Opinions
Most successful people show less interest in the opinions of others. A saying of Winston Churchill sums it up well, “You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks”.  If you want to be successful, you need to stop caring about what other people think about you or your work and just focus on the end result.
-“Have you ever met a hater doing better than you? Me neither.”

4. They Are Not Attached To Success
There is a famous speech from Chinese sage Chuang Tzu where he speaks about an archer, and how he thinks too much about winning, and not enough about shooting: His “need to win drains him of power”.
There is a very big difference between having a determination to achieve success and being anxious about being successful, being anxious will drain you out of power, creativity and focus. Being determined and present will ensure you have the right answers to the difficult questions. Let go of your attachment to success, and instead focus on creating the best possible product or service. The results will speak for themselves.
When an archer is shooting for nothing, he has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle, he is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold, he goes blind or sees two targets —
He is out of his mind!
His skill has not changed. But the prize divides him.
He cares. He thinks more of winning than of shooting–
And the need to win drains him of power.
-Chinese sage Chuang Tzu

5. They Set Goals
If you have ever had the blessing of listening to the work of Tony Robbins (Only the greatest success coach on planet earth) You will always hear him talk about goal setting. His RPM (Rapid Planning Method) is a great way to accelerate your results via goal setting.
A recent study by Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at Dominican University in California indicates just how important goal setting is. She completed a study on goal-setting with 267 participants. She found that you are 42 percent more likely to achieve your goals just by writing them down!
When you set clear goals, written down with clear objectives and dates, you know what you want. You can then take every step strategically, in the direction that leads to the fulfilment of your goals.

6. They Never Give up
Persistence is a major factor in any successful human being. Everyone is going to experience rejection and “failure” of some degree on their path to success. What separates successful people and the unsuccessful is the strength to keep going through tough times. They don’t take “NO” for an answer. They push harder and harder every time. If you research closely, the top 1% in any field of business, sport or life you will most likely hear a story about how they failed continuously in their early days. This is a very familiar pattern for all human beings – failure.  However, the great difference between success and continued failure is never giving up, remaining persistent despite how bleak the situation appears, believing that one day is going to be your day.

7. They Develop Key Relationships
They invest on relationships that matter, they genuinely care about people, which results in healthy relationships. Relationships are usually ignored by majority of people and are regarded as a distraction. However, extremely successful people prioritise relationships and networking with like-minded people or “mastermind groups”. It supports them not only emotionally, but also in terms of their growth and development.

8. They Understand the Laws (Of the Universe)
Successful people know how the universe works in terms of ground realities, so they make it work in their favor. They make use of energy and open different doors of opportunity in many different areas of life and business. They don’t look for opportunities, they create them. They channel the energy in all the right directions. Understanding the laws is a major key to unlocking your true potential.

9. They have an appetite for Learning
Successful people have a great hunger to learn. If you are passionate about anything in life you will most likely have experienced the great desire to educate yourself fully on the topic. Learning for successful people never stops.

10. They Have a Great Drive and Determination
When you notice successful people, the elite sportsmen or top business men or women competing in any area of life – be it business, a harmless game at home with friends or any type of challenge you will notice they hate losing, they must win all the time, at all costs.
Drive and determination are 2 of the greatest assets a human can have. “An intelligent man is useless if he doesn’t have the will to get off the couch” If you are struggling for determination we strongly recommend the work of Eric Thomas (ET the Hip Hop Preacher)

11. They “Believe”
Theodore Roosevelt once stated “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”. The successful ones believe regardless of their circumstances they WILL reach the top. Regardless of how many times they get knocked down, they will get up every time and every time they will take one more step to the top. When you have a burning belief you will reach the top in the end, you are unstoppable.
That’s not the end; successful people have a lot of healthy habits that work all together in their favor. They continuously strive to reach their destination and when they are there, they don’t stop, they set the bar higher. These successful people additionally are keen to improve their lives. They engage into activities that broaden up vision and world view along with creating a sense of awareness. such as. Conclusively, they are all-rounders in every aspect of their life.

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Eric Thomas, better known as ET, the hip–hop, preacher is popular worldwide for his inspirational speeches that he delivers in his own unique way. It is this uniqueness of his that gets his word across to masses and continues to inspire, motivate and help people achieve success and live their lives the way they want to. Although he continues to inspire everyone in different ways, here are 6 ways that he has inspired us:

If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful

Success doesn’t come to people who spend their time idealising or being involved in wishful thinking. People who are truly successful know what they want and then they go for it. Someone who sits around dreaming about what they want without willing to struggle for it and then laments about not being successful needs to understand that what they want will simply not drop into their lap. They need to spend every waking moment aligning their focus and their actions in a manner that will help bring them what they want.

The Grinding & Hard Work Mentality

Many people these days look for shortcuts for what they want. They want to be successful but are just not motivated or inspired enough to work towards it. Anyone who wants to get somewhere needs to have the right attitude and mindset. Only with hard work come the results that one wants. If you are prepared to grind, prepared to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals, you will no doubt become successful. 

Be Phenomenal 

Everyone in this world wants to be successful and to have riches. Can you find someone who doesn’t want something? There might be millions of people in this world who want exactly what you want. What makes you so special is that you will be able to get it when so many others want it? Be phenomenal, do not be ordinary! Dare to be different!

Thank God it is Monday 

Do not dread work and do not dread Mondays. You should look forward to your workweek because this is what will get you to what you want. This is how you will make your dreams come true: by working and not by staying home and sleeping late. You need to set goals and priorities and then understand what is needed to make them come true.

I don’t ever want you to settle for another average day in your life

If you just drift through a day, all your days will be gone before you know it. If you let your days be average, your life will be average as it is these days that make up your life. Aim to make each day phenomenal and you will have a phenomenal life.

I dare you to be great! I challenge you to be great in every single thing you do!

Do not let anything in your life just be. In every venture you undertake, make sure to give it your all. When every project you undertake is great, there is hardly any reason why you will not be successful. Give your best to everything in your life and without doubt, everything you will receive will be great.

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Who is the top motivational speaker on the planet today? 

We have compiled our list of the top 10 motivators below. What order would you place them?

Would you add someone else in? Have your say at the bottom of this page.

Everyone needs a constant dose of Motivation & Inspiration. The top motivational speakers in the world are experts at doing much more than simply motivating us for a short period of time.

They strike a nerve deep in our soul, inspire us to take action & live the life we all deserve to live.

They have inspired millions to create happier more abundant lives, they talk the talk but most certainly walk the walk.

In no particular order:

Les Brown – Top Motivational speaker

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Full Name: Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown

Born: February 17, 1945

Official Website: http://lesbrown.com

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/LesBrownMotivation

Estimated Yearly Earnings: $4,000,000

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Les brown is one of the most famous, renowned, and powerful motivation speakers on the planet today.

His speeches are used in many motivational videos on you tube, and some, including “you can live your dreams” have become a worldwide phenomenon & he has a passionate loyal following.

Why is Les Brown so great? In one of his (now famous) speeches, Les describes how He was declared “educable mentally retarded” while in grade school. Despite this Les Motivated himself to reach his full potential, this is a key point he references in many motivational speeches he now gives, of course he got past this hurdle and went to to become regarded as one of the greatest motivational speakers in the world. A real life story of someone who has acheived so much when it did not seem possible for him to do so.

Les Brown Quotes:

“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”

“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”

“”If you’re working on you dream, sure they’re gonna be times when you’re gonna want to give up, sure there will be times when life will knock you down and catch you on the blind side, but the challenge is to hold on.  And if you hold on tenaciously, I say the universe is on your side.  If you don’t decide to act on your dream, if you don’t decide to make a decision to live your life, if you don’t decide to step into your fears, if you don’t decide to say yes to your life, it will never work for you. You’ve got to live what’s in life, life is too short and unpredictable.

But what do we say?  ”But there will always be tomorrow.”   Oh, no. There’s no guarantees that you’re gonna show up tomorrow.  Always something there, the reason you can’t move on, the reason why you can’t grow to the next level, why you can’t being to manifest your greatness, why you can’t begin to live life on your terms, that you’re gonna say “it’s not worth it.”  Yes, that’s going to be right there for you, it’s going to be in your face, telling you to go back.  So if you want to do something, if you’ve thought about something you want to do, take it head-on.  Life will never be the same. Live your dream.””

Eric Thomas – Top Motivational speaker

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Full Name: Eric Thomas

Born: September 11, 1965

Official Website: http://etinspires.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/etthehiphoppreacher

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About Eric Thomas: Why is Eric Thomas so great? His passion. ET has passion eeking out of his veins. You can see it and feel it in every speech he gives. He lives for this. He is intense, inspirational & loved by millions.

Eric Thomas, also known as the Hip-Hop preacher, owes a big part of his success to YouTube promotion and his style is tied to passion. His rags to riches story is one of struggle and dedication. He dislikes formal attire and dresses casually so as to establish a closer connection with his audience.

Quotes:

“Listen to me, even when you lose, it’s OK to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it. You can never be satisfied with losing. When you lose, it’s got to hurt.”

“Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.”

“I’m here to tell you, Number one, That most of you say you want to be successful, But you don’t want it bad, You just kinda want it. You don’t want it as much as you want to be cool. As much as you want to sleep!

You don’t want it badder than you wanna party. Most of you don’t want success, as much as you want to sleep!”

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Anthony (Tony) Robbins – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Anthony (Tony) Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavorick)

Born: February 29, 1960

Official Website: http://www.tonyrobbins.com/

Official YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/TonyRobbinsLive

Estimated Yearly Earnings: $9,000,000

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Although Tony hates being tagged as a “motivator” because he offers much more than that, he is still regarded by millions as one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time. True leaders lead by example and this is precisely what Tony Robbins, the Success Coach, does! He is a renowned motivational speaker who managed to help people make a meaningful change in over 100 countries in the world. Success didn’t go to his head and being that he grew up in poverty, now that he is extremely successful, he is giving back to the community. His goal in 2015 is to feed 50 million Americans from his own charity.

Quotes:

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.”

“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”

“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”

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Jack Canfield – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Jack Canfield

Born: August 19, 1944

Official Website: http://jackcanfield.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jackcanfield

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown

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Jack Canfield is attributed by the flattering title of “America’s #1 Success Coach” and has been pronounced “publishing phenomena of the decade” by Time magazine. He specializes in helping corporate leaders, mangers, sales teams, educators and people of similar vocations to find the necessary drive within them and achieve their dream.

Quotes:

“By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved – and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses – you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.”

“One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.”

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Iyanla Vanzant – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Iyanla Vanzant (originally Rhonda Eva Harris)

Born: September 13, 1953

Official Website: http://iyanlavanzant.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IyanlaVanzant

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown

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Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Iyanla Vanzant is, on top of being a motivational speaker, also a lawyer, spiritual leader and a TV personality. She is currently the host of a TV show: Iyanla, Fix My Life, and she is also an author of an extensive book series. Iyanla has appeared several times with Oprah Winfrey, both on the Oprah show, and Oprah’s new TV Channel.

Quotes:

“Plan your hours to be productive…Plan your weeks to be educational…Plan your years to be purposeful. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. Plan to change. Plan to grow.”

“You know why the road curves as you’re driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where we’re going, we’d think it was too far.”

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Zig Ziglar – Top Motivational speaker

Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar

Born: November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012

Official Website: http://www.ziglar.com/

Official YouTube Channel: http://www.ziglar.com/ziglar-personal-development-products

Estimated Yearly Earnings: $2,5 – $5,000,000

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Although Mr Ziglar is not with us anymore, his legacy carries on without him.
At its core, his motivational speeches are there to help people on their self development journey and achieve greatness.
Mr Ziglar was a proud republican and through his motivational speeches, he also uses Christian motifs and beliefs.

Quotes:

“Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.”

“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness. ”

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Stephen Covey – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Stephen Richards Covey

Born: October 24, 1932

Official Website: https://www.stephencovey.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3I7IhRHrdGzaKcYovAJ9ag

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown

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Here is another motivational speaker, whom we lost fairly recently. Mr Covey died from a complication in a cycling accident in 2012 but left us with a great legacy. His most famous work “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” is still with us and helping millions of people succeed worldwide.

Quotes:

“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”

“Love is a verb. Love – the feeling – is the fruit of love the verb or our loving actions. So love her.”

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Robert Kiyosaki – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Robert Toru Kiyosaki

Born: April 8, 1947

Official Website: http://www.richdad.com

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRealKiyosaki

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown

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Mr Kiyosaki sold over 26 million book copies from his Rich Dad brand, he is also a radio personality and a financial commentator. His goal is to make everyone financially competent through education. He is also involved in helping parents teach their children financial education at a young age.

Quotes:

“If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‘right’ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.”

“Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won’t make a company successful.”

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Wayne Dyer – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Wayne Walter Dyer

Born: May 10, 1940

Official Website: http://www.drwaynedyer.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6o5io3EzjDEjGYMvokrHcA

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown

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Mr Dyer is a motivational speaker and a hugely successful author. His book Erroneous Zones has sold more than 36 million copies around the world. At its core, his motivational philosophy revolves around the process of self-actualization. Furthermore, Mr Dyer tends to focus on helping people get rid of their guilt trips, which he refers to as an unhealthy immobilization in the present due to mistakes made in the past, which can cripple the personal development of any person. Self-reliance is also one of the key factors in his lectures.

Quotes:

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”

“Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.”

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Suze Orman – Top Motivational speaker

Full Name: Susan Lynn “Suze” Orman

Born: June 5, 1951

Official Website: http://www.suzeorman.com/

Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/suzeormanshow

Estimated Yearly Earnings: Over $700,000

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Suzan is a financial advisor, social workers and TV show host as well as a motivational speaker. Her life story is one of dedication, strength and determination and she has the success to show for it. You can find out about how she managed to get where she is today through her books. She was awarded with the Gracie Award for The Suze Orman Show and her great skill in running the show.

Quotes:

“True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.”

“When you lose something in your life, stop thinking it’s a loss for you… it is a gift you have been given so you can get on the right path to where you are meant to go, not to where you think you should have gone.”

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The styles and goals of motivational speakers are various but the fact is that businesses, organizations and individuals can benefit greatly from their help. In some cases, bludgeoned by our daily lives, we forget who we are and what we are capable of. Sometimes we need someone to remind us of that and to set us back on the right track. As you can see, most motivational speakers struggled through life and this allows them the moral high ground when speaking about how you can improve and overcome life’s obstacles. This develops trust and gives weight to their words. Still, as we all know, motivation comes from within and we need to open ourselves to the possibility of success. I hope you enjoyed our little presentation and we wish you the best of luck on your road to success.

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