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What Character Trait Is Your Secret Weapon?

?Who we are as people, and the skills we accrue,

have the potential to be a great determinant of our success in both our personal and professional lives.

?Research has previously shown that the?big five personality traits?play a large role in our lives,

from?influencing career choices ?to?predicting life satisfaction.?

?Outside of these commonly accepted personality traits,

however, there are character traits which have their own impact on our success.

?Whether you have an exceptional memory, the grit to push through any challenge or an overflowing pool of empathy for others—

among other skills—each of us possess character traits which, if cultivated, set us apart from those around us.

?In our daily lives, these character traits can make us better friends or partners.

In our careers, they can allow us to further our success, should we choose to take advantage of these natural strengths.

?It is not one tool which can make us succeed in our careers—

resilience cannot serve you when it comes to good communication that is needed,

nor listening when you need to dig in your heels and get to work.

?But by using these character traits to their fullest potential,

we can find greater success in certain areas than others, and in doing so, set ourselves apart from the pack.

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To help you identify what your secret weapon might be,

?I asked six entrepreneurs to share the character traits they identified as their own secret weapons:

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Charisma

You have the ability to pull people in?with your charisma?and passion for something and share the energy in a way that transfers to them.

I love this quality because it mobilizes people to take action in an area of their life which they may not have thought was possible.

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Persistence

This will?help you to remain steadfast?through a variety of challenges that may have deterred you if you had less tenacity.

Creating a successful objective is a long game and it’s easy to forget that when things get tough.

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Attention to Detail

Ability to remember?the tiniest of details allows you to come up with solutions to problems that are being overlooked.

Many people forget small details about what is possible.

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Resilience.

Negative stuff is going to happen in some things you run.?

When you can bounce back?from any issue, you will win.

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Listening

I listen.

I like to hear everyone’s perspective and have a strong understanding of the situation before rushing to judgment.

Often, I do not weigh in until the end of a meeting or even the next day.?

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Curiosity

It?makes you creative, empathetic, dogged, intense, passionate and seeking.?

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“ We need to have Intentional Action - Intention is nothing without action, but action is nothing without intention ”