Everybody wants success in life in each and everything they do. The word success keeps a person going. Positive thinking gives the way for success. Try to see positive aspect of your life; I think that is your first success.

Success is to never give up and always love what you do. Money and fame are secondary if you want to be truly successful.

Although luck certainly has some bearing on your success, I believe that ultimately it is up to what you are willing to do. You have to continue trying and put in a lot of hard work to achieve success.

My opinion is that the secret to success is to be happy with yourself. After that, everything else will come to you and the converse is true - you won't ever feel successful if you aren't happy with yourself. Past that is to find a good partner or bunch of friends to hang out with.

To have a positive outlook, no matter what. Life is hard. Smiling thru it is the key to being successful and happy.

First you must define what you think success is. Success is different for everyone. For me, I desire to do a job I love, and be able to provide for my family. If I am able to do that I am a success.

Success is a very subjective term. I think as long as the individual pursues in something he truly enjoys, that in itself can be considered a success. Ask yourself, why do you wake up in the morning? What makes you get out of the bed and get ready for the day? To avoid traffic and be on time for work? To just eat breakfast for sake of eating? Is there something greater of a purpose other than fulfilling the daily biological needs? Define what you truly want and remind yourself of that purpose or goal that you so want to achieve, then you will realize success is only a by-product among many other benefits. You are the master of your vessel on the vast ocean we call life. Some will decide they'll simply be drifted by the winds and currents. Others will decide to navigate the ocean themselves and fight through the storms. Make that choice and keep true to your choice, believe in your choice, and I can guarantee, you will be successful.

you wanted something more concrete and practical than nebulous, there are millions of available sources that will teach you "how to be more successful in 30 days."

The main factor is to just keep trying and work hard. Remember that guy from the will Smith movie that lived on the street with his kid but still became a millionaire with hard work.

The secret to success is to keep on going. Even after you've met your goals, or you've changed them, success in continuing the journey. It's only when you stop striving that you fail.

to keep trying. no matter what happens, you just have to keep at it. the only way to REALLY fail is to give up

I agree with the above posters about both the hard work and the love for what you're doing. Luck, I suppose, can also be a factor. Especially in these times when a lot more people are competing for a smaller number of jobs.

In my opinion the factors that help you to attain success are hard work, intelligence, determination and a little bit of luck.I would give importance for hard work only. Other things may or may not give you success. But hard work never fails.

I think that if you're doing something that you really love you'll do really well. You can be great at things, but it doesn't compare to passion. Passion will take you far and above people that are just going through the motions.