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The Winners Guide to Success How do successful people think? What drives them? To find out I interviewed some of the people most successful in motivating others: the nations top motivational speakers and best-selling authors of how-to-succeed books. Here are seven keys to success that they share: Take full responsibility. In a society in which people blame everyone from their parents to the government for their failure to get ahead, motivational superstars refuse to buy into the victim mentality. Their credo (信条) is If its to be, its up to me. They realize that when you say someone or something outside of yourself is preventing you from succeeding, youre giving away your power. Youre saying, You have more control over my life than I do. Consider Les Brown. Given up by his parents at birth and labeled educable mentally retarded (智力迟钝的) as a child, he had every reason to lose hope. But when a high school teacher told him Someone elses opinion of you does not have to become your reality, Brown realized that his future lay in his own hands. He went on to become an Ohio State legislator and author, and today earns $20,000 per hour as one of Americas top motivational speakers. Brown understood that you cant control things in life such as nature, the past and other people. But you can control your own thoughts and actions. Taking responsibility for your life is one of the most empowering (授权) things you can do. Live life on purpose. Perhaps what most separates motivational superstars from others is that they live life on purpose—they are doing what they believe they were put here to do. Having a purpose in your life is the most important element of becoming a fully functioning person, says Wayne Dyer, author of the best-selling Your Erroneous(不正确的) Zones. Not living life on purpose consists of expending just enough effort to get by with the least amount of problems. But when you live your life on purpose, your main concern is doing the job right. You love what you do