Secrets of Success

In just over three minutes, Richard St. John explains his eight simple secrets of success. His short speech summarizes the conclusions of his research gathered from over seven years and nearly five hundred interviews conducted with some of the world's most successful individuals such as Bill Gates. His secrets of success are extremely straightforward and at times rather obvious. At the beginning of his speech, he identifies passion as the most important element of success; he maintains that passion will inevitably lead to achieving one's goals. Richard St. John's other secrets of success include hard work, practice, persistence and focus. He further explains why serving others and pushing oneself both mentally and physically are also obligatory on the path to success. His eight secrets of success are easy to understand and applicable in almost any of life's endeavors.