Richard ST. John

WHAT LEADSTO

SUCCESS

Submitted To:Prof. Sameer MathurIIM-Lucknow

Submitted by:Dushyant PuraniIIM-Lucknow

“Don’t dream to be someone but dream to do something great.”

“ People will support you, people will criticize you. When you cross that rope

everything is about you.”

“ Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

“ Success is not a good teacher. Failure makes you humble.”

MANY LIKE THEM!!!!

WHAT helped them

succeed?

10 years

Personal Interviews

ANALYZING and SORTING millions of words

500

Of Research

“I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft”

DO THINGS FOR LOVE NOT FOR MONEY

“We just loved writing software.”- Bill Gates

“ Follow your passion, not your paycheck. The money will come eventually.”

- Unknown

MONEY COMES ANYWAYS!!!

ALL SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE

WORKREALLY

HARD

Successful people have FUN WORKING

“When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option it’s a necessity.”

- Steve Pavlina

WORKA HOLICS

WORKA FROLICS

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

- Winston Churchill

Great people just keep PUSHING themselves!!!

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

- Sylvia Plath

“Shyness is just egoism out of its depth .”- Penelope Keith

Push Through•Self-Doubt•Shyness

Ways to PUSH yourself to success

• CHALLENGES• GOALS• DEADLINES• SELF-DISCIPLINE• CPMPETTION

EVERYBODY IS CREATIVE

“Deals are my art form.”- Donald Trump

IDEAS

How To IMPROVE??? PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT“The difference is that my team practices for 12 months of the year, not 3 or 4.”

- Lance Armstrong

Bill GatesSam Walton

Ingvar KampradMartha Stewart

SoftwareWalmart discounts

Ikea FurnitureHomemaking Tips

BILLIONAIRES ALL SERVE

SOMETHING OF VALUE

“ The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

PERSISTTHROUGH

TIME

NoOVERNIGHT

SUCCESS

“ Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

- Bill Bradley

PERSISTTHROUGH

• C riticism• R ejection• A dversity• P rejudice “ You really have to persist because it

won’t be easy and there will be failure.”- Robert Ward

Lets Recap8 secrets of success are1. Passion2. Work3. Focus4. Push5. Ideas6. Improve7. Serve8. Persist

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT7FFVdl-kk&ab_channel=wwwRichardStJohn

These slides were created by Dushyant Purani, IIM Lucknow, as a part of MBA course “Personal Branding” (www.MBAskills.in) taught by

Prof.Sameer Mathur

Prof.Sameer MathurIIM-Lucknow

Dushyant PuraniIIM-Lucknow