Ten years of research and 500 face-to-face-interviews led Richard St. John to a collection of eight common traits in successful leaders around the world.
========== Now, my subject is success,so people sometimes
call me a "motivational speaker."But I want you to know right up front
I'm not a motivational speaker.I couldn't pass the height requirement.(Laughter)And I couldn't motivate anybody.My employees actually call me
a de-motivational speaker.(Laughter)What I try to be
is an informational speaker.I went out and found out
some information about success,and I'm just here to pass it on.And my story started over
ten years ago, on a plane.I was on my way
to the TED conference in California,and in the seat next to me
was a teenage girl,and she came from a really poor family,
but she wanted to get somewhere in life.And as I tapped away on my computer,
she kept asking me questions,and then out of the blue,
she asked, &qu...
