Istherea“successpersonality”—somewinningcombinationofqualitiesthatleadsalmostinevitably（必然地）toachievement?Ifsoexactlywhatisthatsecretsuccessformula（公式）andcananyonedevelopit?

AttheGallopOrganizationwerecentlyfocusedindepthonsuccessinquiringintotheattitudesof1500distinguishedpeopleselectedatrandomfromWho’sWhoinAmerica.Ourresearchfindsoutanumberofqualitiesthatoccurregularlyamongtopachievers.Hereisoneofthemostimportantthatiscommonsense.

Commonsenseisthemostwidelypossessedqualityofthepeoplesurveyed.Seventy-ninepercentawardthemselvesatopscoreinthisquality.And61percentsaythatcommonsenseisveryimportantincontributingtotheirsuccess.

Tomostcommonsensemeanstheabilitytopresentsoundpracticaljudgmentsoneverydayaffairs.Todothisonehastoremoveextraideasandgetrighttothekeypointsofwhatmatters.ATexasoilandgasbusinessmanputsitthisway:“Thekeyabilityforsuccessissimplifying.Inconductionofmeetinganddealingwithindustryreducingacomplexproblemtothesimplesttermishighlyimportant.”

Iscommonsenseaqualityapersonisbornwithorcanyoudosomethingtoincreaseit?Theoilman’sansweristhatcommonsensecandefinitelybedeveloped.Heowesthistolearninghowtodebateinschool.Anotherwaytoincreaseyourstoreofcommonsenseistoobserveitinotherslearningfromtheir—andyourown—mistakes.

Besidescommonsensetherearemanyotherfactorsthatinfluencesuccess:knowingyourfieldself-relianceintelligencetheabilitytogetthingsdoneleadershipcreativityrelationshipswithothersandofcourseluck.Butcommonsensestandsout.Ifyoudevelopthesequalitiesyou’llsucceed.AndyoumightevenfindyourselflistedinWho’sWhosomeday.

Secretstosuccess

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Topachievershavesomecommon(2) ▲ oneofwhichiscommonsense.

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importantquality

79percentofthepeoplesurveyed(3) ▲ highlyofcommonsense.And61

percentsaytheirsuccess(4) ▲ fromthisquality.