3 Traits That Highly Successful People Share In Common, According to a Johns Hopkins Psychology Professor.

We always ask ourselves, are there character traits that most highly successful people share? The answer to that is, Yes. According to George S. Everly Jr., psychologist and professor at Johns Hopkins School of medicine. With 45 years experience as a at leading universities, he’s had a chance to observe ultra-successful people before they got that way. And these people were not all college undergraduates, he writes in a recent psychology today blog post. “Rather, they have been graduate students, entrepreneurs, business executives, physicians, nurses, attorneys, veterinarians and medical students—and yes, those who would become the rich and the famous.”


Surprisingly, he writes, highly successful people all seem to share some qualities that make them unforgettable—even before they become hugely successful. The following are some of the most important.

1. Optimism.
We’ve all met people who work really, really hard to project an aura of optimism and positivity. That usually feels as fake as their pasted-on smiles. But people who are genuinely optimistic usually can’t help spreading that sentiment to others around them. “We feel better just being around such people,” Everly writes.

Besides making you unforgettable, research suggests that optimism can help you live a longer, healthier life. So if you’re not an optimist already, there’s ample reason to try and become one.

2. Trustworthiness.
As Everly notes, it’s sad but true that if you show up when and where you said you would, and do everything you said you would do, you’ll stand out from the crowd because few people are dependable, especially if they’re dealing with strangers or the stakes are low. You’ll make even more of an impression if you take responsibility for your actions and for their consequences if things turn out badly, particularly if you’re forthright about whatever you did wrong, rather than trying to cover it up. People who do this “take our breath away,” Everly writes.
“They are unforgettable.”

3. Tenacity.
It’s hard to become highly successful without this particular trait. Most of us hate to fail, and hate to hear “no.” But that hatred keeps us from pushing ourselves outside our comfort zone and going after the things we truly want, even if they don’t work out at first.

There are a lot more qualities that go into making highly successful people unforgettable, even before they have achieved their successes. But these three are a pretty good place to start.








Source: Inc.com