Success

Richard Saint John while at a TED conference held a seminar  after 7 years research and 5000 interviews he came up with the 8 things people need to do to become success full
Passion- you need to enjoy what you are doing
Work- you have to work hard and have fun doing it
Good- to get good you need to practice practice practice
Focus- on one thing at a time
Push- push yourself physically, mentally
Serve- something of |Value
Ideas- to get you need to listen observe, be curious, ask questions and make connections 
Persist- through failure , through CRAP Criticism, rejection assholes and pressure 

I believe that this list is extremely accurate and gives people the guidelines they need in order to be successful in their lives

In groups in class we made our own list that as students we thought lead to academic success some of the top choices that students picked were:
Studying
Leading a Healthy lifestyle
Sleep
Determination
The want to learn

We also watched a interview with Malcolm Gladwell the topic of discussion was what role does talent play in success?  He Believes that success doesn't have much to do with talent but mostly to do with hard work and perseverance and practice.  That Talent is the desire to practice and the willingness to put your time and effort into practicing.  He also believes that culture can affect talent by creating a power distance, this is how you speak to someone that is higher up on the chain of command or has more superiority or your elder, This is because in some cultures it is unacceptable to correct seniority a good example would be a culture like china. Malcolm believes that the only way to be talented is to work hard at what you do.

I Believe that Malcolm Gladwell is right that to become talented at something you need to work hard and be dedicated to practicing no famous athlete has ever gone out on the playing field and was naturally a pro they had to put many hours of practice and training in to become the talented players they are.