Everyone wants to become successful – but what does it mean to be successful? How “being successful” is qualified? In this speech I give you some hints and thoughts about the way to become a ‘Certified Successful Person’!

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Who wants to be successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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Who consider himself/herself
successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, the
boss of Vingroup gots over $1
billion
• Is he successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Mr. Bill Gates, gots over $75
billion
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Learning 1
• Success is not comparable
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Michael Jackson, King of Pop,
sold about 400 million albums
• Is he successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Michael Jackson, died in June
2009 by an overdose
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Learning 2
• Success must make you
happy – otherwise it’s NOT
success
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Lance Armstrong wins the Tour
de France 7 times in a row.
• Is he successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Lance Armstrong
triumphed thanks to doping
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Learning 3
• Success must be based on
YOUR own effort
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• The north face of the Eiger
mountain has been passed the
first time in 1939 – it took the
climbers 4 days!
• Nowadays good climbers can
do it in 2 days!
• …then came Ueli Steck…
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• In 2008 Ueli Steck did it in 2h
47, he did it on his own, and he
was happy!
• Is he successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• In 2011 Dani Arnold run up the
Eiger in 2h 38….
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• In 2011 Dani Arnold run up the
Eiger in 2h 38….
• Ueli Steck started again and
reached the summit in 2h 22!
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Learning 4
• Success is not a status, it’s
a moment
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• The Rigi is a mountain most
people can reach its summit
within 3 hours
• Mr. Mueller walks up once
every week and he need 8
hours to reach the summit
• Is he successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Mr. Mueller is 97 years old!
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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• Learning 5:
• Success is depending on
your personal goals –
therefore only YOU can
qualify if YOU are
successful or not
What does ‘being successful’ mean?

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S=(E+R)*H
Success in a formula
• S = Success
• E = Personal Effort
• R = Result Achievement
• H = Satisfaction (Happiness)

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Work hard
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Love what you’re doing
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Knowledge based on
experience counts
more than academic
knowledge
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Learn from your
failures – but avoid
unnecessary failures
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Wrong decisions can be
better than NO
decisions
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Don’t follow the herd
blindly
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Don’t rest on your
success
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Stay honest
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Celebrate the moment
of success!
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…and certify yourself
as a successful person
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Who consider himself/herself NOT
as successful?
What does ‘being successful’ mean?