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英语四级美文听力第 59 篇:The Success Personality The Success Personality Is there a successpersonality—some winning combination of qualities that leads almost inevitably to achievement? If so, exactly what is that secret success formula, and can anyone develop it? At the Gallop Organization we recently focused in depth on success, probing the attitudes of 1500 prominent people selected at random from whos who inAmerica. Our research finds out a number of qualities that occur regularly among top achievers. Here is one of the most important, that is common sense. Common sense is the most prevailing quality possessed by our respondents. Seventy-nine percent award themselves a top score in this quality. And 61 percent say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success. To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the core of what matters. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way: The 第 1 页 共 2 页 key ability fo success is simplifying. In conduction of meeting and dealing with industry reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important. Is common sense a quality a person is born with, o can you do something to increase it? The oil mans answe is that common sense can definitely be developed. He attributes his to learning how to debate in school. Anothe way to increase you store of common sense is to observe it in others, learning from thei —and your own—mistakes. Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing you field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck. But common sense stands out. If you develop these qualities, youll succeed. And you might eve