Member-only story

2 Things People Don’t Do But Expect to Succeed

An investment in your intellectual capacity is an investment in your personal growth and success

Thomas Oppong
3 min readApr 11, 2021
Photo by Min An from Pexels

We all want success, even though your definition of success is different from mine. No matter how you define it, there are basic things we all need to do to get to become “successful”.

But here is the unconventional truth. The real-world rewards those who are prepared to do what it takes to achieve be successful.

No one wants to fail, but many people are deliberately and unconsciously setting themselves up to fail.

You can only achieve true success (wealth, better health, happiness, great relationships) if you embrace fundamental habits, routines and behaviours. Unsuccessful people overlook these success behaviours — if you want lasting success, learn these habits fast.

1. Learn success patterns — successful people are lifelong learners

“In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time — none. Zero.” Charlie Munger, billionaire investor

Want to be successful? Becoming smarter today than you were yesterday is not an option. Success principles…

--

--

Thomas Oppong
Thomas Oppong

Written by Thomas Oppong

Making the wisdom of great thinkers instantly accessible. As seen on Forbes, Inc. and Business Insider. For my popular essays, go here: https://thomasoppong.com

No responses yet