Surprising Career Habits of Highly Successful People

Surprising Career Habits of Highly Successful People

Emily Gregory | Association for Talent Development

"For some, success seems to come so easily. Our faulty assumptions tell us the high achievers we envy must simply be luckier than we are or that they were in the right place at the right time. Perhaps they have more natural talent, and nothing we do, say, or try will compensate for our limitations. Maybe we just aren’t cut out for success. We lack that secret something.

However it may seem, VitalSmarts research confirms we can stop pining away for success and start engineering it. According to our study of more than 1,800 employees, the most important factor to personal and career success isn’t good luck, natural talent, or even decision making—it’s habit. People’s routine behaviors beat all else when it comes to influencing success."

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Surprising Career Habits of Highly Successful People, Emily Gregory, Association for Talent Development, 2021