Griffin Kelton — I just watched this talk (on Boxee) and thought it...

Griffin Kelton is a Senior at Cedarville University, majoring in Marketing. Alongside school, he ran Tea Time Tuesday, a tea retail and service company and the Cedarville Tea House. Aside from all of this, who is Griffin Kelton?

Always doing something.

Foodie. Early adopter. Technophile. Traveler. Entrepreneur.

ENTJ. Tea enthusiast. Fitness advocate. Avid reader. Consistent videographer. Occasional photographer. Aspiring author. Lover of music. Admirer of visual art.

Business Development Intern, Adagio Teas (Chicago, IL)
Founder of Tea Time Tuesday and Cedarville Tea House.
B.A. in Marketing from Cedarville University.

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I just watched this talk (on Boxee) and thought it to be particularly helpful. Richard St. John after seven years of research has narrowed success down to eight key principles that come from the succesful people themselves.

If we have the passion necessary to drive us forward, we will succeed.

Nothing comes without work, but have fun while you work.

Focus in on one thing and you will be bound to achieve your goal.

Push yourselve, physcially and mentally. Push the expectations you have pre-determined for yourself. Break free of them!

Ideas. Developing ideas require simple concepts that are hard to master: listen (listen twice as much as your speak), observe (Chuck Lore on observation), be curious (“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”), ask questions (there is no stupid question), problem solve (critical thinking is true learning), and make connections (brain mapping).

Improve yourself in every way possible. Strive towards those unachievable goals you don’t think you can reach. They are what stretch you, force you to grow and shape you into who you want to become.

Service is the greatest thing mankind does. Giving to others something of value is what turns the world around. Change itself is a service. Ideas are a service. Creativity. Any tangible item and measurable action is a service. This is the only way to bring progress to our world.

Persistance is key. We need to persist through our failures. Nick Vujicic says, “If I fail and I give up, do you think I am ever going to get up? No. But, if I fail I try again and again and again. But I just want you to know it’s not the end. It matters how you’re going to finish.” (Click here for full video)

Those are just my take on everything plus a couple resources. Listen to the talk, very good. I know it gave me not only some things to work on, but also to think about.

Abstract from TED.com:

Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.