<p>What do you need to be successful?</p>
<p>Ambition is very important.</p>
<p>Hope .</p>
<p>Some would say a bit of luck.</p>
<p>Some talent and a lot of willpower as well as focus are key to success in any endeavor.</p>
<p>Learning from mistakes.</p>
<p>a disability</p>
<p>Willing to be open, and taking risks in life. :]</p>
<p>Optimism .</p>
<p>Hard work, more than anything.</p>
<p>Balls. Big ones. Not a joke.</p>
<p>drive and confidence</p>
<p>the desire to do so</p>
<p>The ability to do excruciating amounts of work at an ungodly hour :)
The ability to pull 6 all-nighters without collapsing.
Integrity, strong work-ethic, risk-taker.</p>
<p>At least in investment banking, anyway. :)</p>
<p>The key that fits the lock. But some use a hairclip, and it seems to work just as well.</p>
<p>not to smoke. you can drink tho.</p>
<p>A prestigious undergraduate college degree.</p>
<p>Seriously, have you been paying attention to these forums at all?</p>
<p>Actually studies have shown that the higher your SAT score the happier you will be at age 46. No other ages worked, though. :</p>
<p>Speed and accuracy at the same time. I'm not even kidding about speed though. If you are fast enough (in everything including studying and homework), seriously you have a good chance of success. Unfortunately, I am the slowest existing person on earth but I'm trying and trying and trying..but its like expecting a tortoise to be able to one day run faster than the cheetah. But still I keep trying...</p>
<p>^That, little children, is the extent of my opitimism.</p>