Success Findings

 

What makes Individuals, Organizations, and Nations Successful ?

Success here is defined as size of income. (Dollars are more easily measured than other types of success.) Based on research, items are listed in their power to influence success. IQ is less important in incomes than is commonly thought.

 

Individuals: Social Skills, Ambition and IQ

Click: Male or Female to take a short Social Skills test SELF magazine 9/2000 printed a version of this test.

"It doesn't matter how high your IQ is if you have the social skills of a turnip."  Comment on an ezboard.com forum

Organizations: Leadership and a Well-understood mission (usually a focus on finances)

Nations: Internal Economic Structures, Lack of Corruption, High IQ of Citizens, Free Markets, Job and Business Opportunities Open to All

University studies confirm this site's pioneering work on social skills = success and on IQ's for US states

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