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10 Skills You Need to Succeed at Almost Anything

Posted August 01, 2008 8:54 AM

From mental_floss Blog:

What does it take to succeed? A positive attitude? Well, sure, but that's hardly enough. The Law of Attraction? The Secret? These ideas might act as spurs to action, but without the action itself, they don't do much. Success, however it's defined, takes action, and taking good and appropriate action takes skills. Some of these skills (not enough, though) are taught in school (not well enough, either), others are taught on the job, and still others we learn from general life experience.

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08/01/2008 6:56 PM

read and make a marking

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08/02/2008 9:32 AM

Very well-thought article. I can think of things to add, but most can be interpreted as extensions of the ten listed.

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08/03/2008 4:54 AM

Those are 10 fine Keys.

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