If you started out with no connection, no talent, no capital, or feel like you’re out of luck, that’s okay. You can still achieve great success in life if you wanted to.

Success doesn’t have much to do with talent, education, connection, or money. Success is more about bringing out the best in you to influence the world. As long as you commit to striving for an outstanding result than ordinary people, you can be successful.

It is said that success is a skill. Anyone can adopt it and thrive from there. Therefore, adopt these 5 common characteristics of highly successful people and you will become one…

1. Successful people are entrepreneurs

They make things happen. Look at Steve Jobs, Michael Jordan, Richard Branson, Warren Buffett, Michael Jackson, etc. They seem to have all the odds against them, but they are able to overcome all obstacles and achieve incredible success in life. This is because they are the hustlers.

Extraordinary people are always on the go. They are proactive and make things happen instead of waiting for instructions or waiting for things to arrive. They are the first to attack and act. They seem to be able to change things and make things move.

This is what you have to do too. Be an entrepreneur, get things done, be proactive and don’t wait for things to happen before you act.

2. Successful people dare to dream and take bold action

If you study the success stories of all the great people, you will know that they have big dreams. Michael Jordan wanted to be the best basketball player, Steve Jobs wanted to revolutionize the entire computer industry, and George Lucas wanted to make the first space war movie with Star Wars.

They dare to dream big. Not only that, successful people also take bold steps. Simply dreaming about what you want is not enough. You need to take action to make this happen. Too many people dream their dreams, but never really do anything to make them come true.

If your dream isn’t big enough, it will never motivate or drive you to take action. And if you don’t take action, your dream will never materialize. So dream big and take bold action.

3. Successful people believe in themselves and their creations

Do you believe in yourself? Do you think you can achieve incredible success in your life? All extraordinary people believe in themselves. There is nothing special about being ordinary. If you decided to live an ordinary life, you can be like everyone else.

However, if you want something different; you want extraordinary success; then you have to think differently and believe in yourself and your dreams. Look at Steve Jobs, he believed in all of his creations, like the iPod, the Mac, the iPhone that changed the smartphone industry, and the iPad that everyone wanted.

So trust that you are destined for great success. Believe in your visions and your creations. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one would.

4. Successful people have extreme focus

Great people always know what they have to do and do it with their full attention. When you multitask and do a few things at the same time, you are spreading your effort. It is better to have a successful business than to have 5 half-baked businesses that consume your time and effort.

Ask yourself, what is the one thing you can do well that if you focus all your energy on it, you will create an extraordinary result there? Michael Jordan focused his efforts on playing basketball, he trains all day, improves and becomes a successful basketball player.

Can you imagine if Michael Jordan plays tennis, basketball and learns to sing at the same time? Can he still achieve the same amazing result that he had today? It is very likely that it is just ordinary. Therefore, focus on the one thing that can make you extraordinary and do it.

5. Successful people never give up.

You can’t give up if you want to be successful. If Henry Ford gives up his vision of mass production of automobiles, the world today will be very different. If Steve Jobs gives up, I don’t think we’ll have iPads or touchscreen phones right now.

Great people are able to achieve great results because they don’t give up. When you give up, everything will go to hell. You wasted your time and throw overboard the effort you poured earlier. When you want to give up, think about how far you’ve come.

Like an arrow. It can only be fired by pulling backwards. The same applies in life. If you are facing difficulties and life is dragging you back, get ready, because it is going to launch you into something big. It is the darkest before dawn. Never give up.

These are the 5 common characteristics of highly successful people. Remember, anyone can be successful if they want to. You have to be an entrepreneur, get things done, have extreme focus, dream big and never give up.