How will you know success when it shows up?

Your behavior is self-centered. If you consistently put your own needs ahead of others’, you haven’t attained success at all–because real achievement is all about sharing what you have with people around you. You’ve got a feeling of entitlement. Assuming you deserve certain privileges ahead of other folks is a great way to construct bitterness and contempt. Being the boss doesn’t put you at the front of the line. Lead from within: If you become successful, don’t give in to your ego or rest in your accomplishments. You’ve stopped learning. Learning doesn’t occur by chance–it requires work and diligence, and humility. Talent and luck can happen to anybody, but if you don’t keep studying, your success will not last. 

You take all the credit. Nothing ever great has ever been accomplished without the support of somebody else. When you pretend that achievement is yours alone, you alienate people around you–the very people whose aid you’re most likely to need again. If you put yourself out front and retain others in the shadows, you aren’t communicating your success but your self-importance awareness. Placing others ahead isn’t only the correct thing to do but also makes you look better. An overgrown self is something to be consistently watchful for.