If you have these 11 personality traits, you’re destined for success

Do you think you’re destined for success but haven’t quite made it yet? In this article, we compiled the personality traits of the most successful people.

Read on to find out how many traits you possess and find out whether you’re truly destined for success and have what it takes to get there. 

I also included some actionable advice on implementing many of these traits in your daily life. 

Do I have your attention? Good. Now, let’s jump right in. 

1) Confidence 

I put confidence in the first spot because confident people look like they’re from another planet. So many people would have accomplished great things in life if they only had (more) confidence. 

To be honest, I used to struggle with being confident. I was as tame as they come. However, once I implemented the following things in my life, I got paid more, married the woman of my dreams, and started living life to the fullest. 

Here’s what I did:

• Challenged negative thoughts that were holding me back and replaced them with positive, empowering thoughts that boosted my confidence.
• Made a list of strengths and accomplishments and referred to it often to remind me of my abilities and achievements.
• Challenged myself to step outside my comfort zone in small ways, such as speaking up in a meeting or trying a new activity.
• Surrounded myself with people who encouraged and supported me.
• Took care of my physical and mental health.

However, confidence is nothing if you don’t have passion.

2) Passion 

You can have all the confidence in the world, but if you don’t have passion for what you do, you will soon fizzle out. 

Having a strong passion for everything you do will propel you to the top in all you take on. It’s simply something most people can’t deal with. 

How often have you started doing something only to lose the drive after a couple of tries? Exactly. 

Be passionate and stay passionate about everything you start doing, and you’ll be destined for success. 

3) Ambition 

Do you set goals in your life? Do you have short, medium, and long-term pursuits? Is there something that drives you forward to achieve them? 

Well, that drive that you (should) have is called ambition. It’s a powerful personality trait that can steer you to achieve great things. 

You need to set high goals and actively work towards achieving them. Working hard and making sacrifices come naturally when you know exactly what you want to achieve in life. 

4) Proactivity 

All successful people are proactive. They don’t sit around and wait for things to happen. Oh, no. They are in the driver’s seat. They take charge and make things happen.

This also includes taking the initiative to learn new skills or pursue new experiences. Proactive individuals expand their horizons and open up new doors for themselves.

Be honest – are you proactive? Do you seek out new opportunities? 

Seeing everything as an opportunity is a mindset that can be developed over time. Here’s how:

• Be open-minded
• Adopt a growth mindset
• Reframe challenges as opportunities
• Look for the silver lining
• Take risks

You will also need this next trait in order to achieve that. 

5) Self-discipline 

Self-discipline is a big one! You wouldn’t believe how many people fail at business, college, and life in general simply because they get bored after a while. 

It takes an incredible amount of self-discipline to stay focused and motivated, even when tasks become tedious or boring. 

Starting something is new and exciting, however, sticking with it is the real challenge. To accomplish that, successful people develop the next trait early on in their life. 

6) Organization

Being organized and having strong time management skills can help you stay on top of tasks and achieve success by avoiding chaos and distractions.

Do you have your next week, month, or even year mapped out and organized? If not, how can you plan for the future and manage your time and resources effectively? 

Here are some tips to help you improve your organizational skills:

• Keep a planner or calendar
• Make a list of tasks or projects
• Break tasks into smaller steps
• Declutter your workspace or living area
• Use tools and apps that help you stay organized
• Review and adjust regularly

7) Grit 

Grit is a combination of endurance and passion for long-term goals that enable us to stick with something and pursue it even in the face of challenges and setbacks.

Every entrepreneur has to have grit to deal with the ups and downs of being a business owner. 

Likewise, climbing the corporate ladder will also require a lot of grit, especially in cut-throat industries like finance, banking, technology, law, entertainment, and many others. 

If you have the guts and determination, you’re already ahead of most people that lack your willpower. 

Apart from grit, you will also need something else. Something similar, yet different. 

8) Resilience 

Highly successful people are ultra-resilient. They’re like Teflon. They don’t let setbacks and failures stick to them and affect them enough to give up. 

Do you have to learn from your defeats? Definitely! Without that, you’ll never learn anything. In fact, there’s a saying I like and love to implement. 

It goes – Move Fast and Break Things!

Do you think that someone with that mindset has the time to delve into the fact they failed at something? 

On the contrary! They embrace failure as something good. Life and business are sandboxes where they can test things. See what works and what doesn’t. 

9) Adaptability 

If you’re anything like me, you thrive in new and challenging situations. If you’re not similar, you’ll have to work on that… 

I can tell you that I wasn’t like this since day one. I was actually quite averse to taking risks and thought that a 9-5 work life was something I’d do for the rest of my life.

That all changed in my twenties when I realized I wasn’t satisfied at all and that I basically needed a constant challenge in my life to be happy. Even if that meant not having a secured paycheck every month.  

I simply embraced the fact and started feeding on that insecurity to drive me forward. 

However, remember that the saying “Stay Hungry!” doesn’t mean you have to starve. It means that you need to be hungry for success. 

This next personality trait is one of my favorite ones. 

10) Thinking outside the box

Thinking outside the box is often used to describe someone’s ability to approach problems in unconventional and creative ways. 

It involves breaking free from traditional thinking patterns and considering new and innovative solutions to problems. 

Here’s how you can also develop this important skill:

• Question assumptions and biases
• Look for alternative solutions
• Experiment and take risks
• Collaborate with people with different backgrounds and perspectives
• Learn from failure

11) Optimism

Another very important characteristic you need to have to be destined for success is optimism.

Having a positive outlook can make or break your success story. If you simply visualize triumph and focus on solutions and not problems, you will develop a positive mindset in no time. 

Believe in your abilities and skills that were developed through hard work and effort. 

And lastly, research has shown that optimism is linked to such benefits as longer life and reduced anxiety. 

Final thoughts

Remember that success doesn’t come overnight. It’s a combination of planning, hard work, and some luck. The harder I work, the luckier I get. 

To be successful, you need to act successful. For that, you’ll need to learn what successful people never do in social situations.