The 10 Commandments of Success (2024)

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OFSUCCESS

I would like to dedicate this blog to theSpring 2016college graduatesthroughout the U.S.A. andaround the world. I did not writethese ten commandments; Charles M. Schwab, an American steel magnate, wrote them. I do, however, wholeheartedly agree with them andbelieve that if you follow Mr. Schwab’s ten commandments, you will be successful in life, wherever it may take you.

1. Work Hard: Hard work is the best investment a person can make.

2. Study Hard: Knowledge enables a person to work more intelligently and effectively.

3. Have Initiative: Ruts often deepen into graves.

4. Love Your Work: Then you will find pleasure in mastering it.

5. Be Exact: Slipshod methods bring slipshod results.

6. Have the Spirit of Conquest: Thus you can successfully battle and overcome difficulties.

7. Cultivate Personality: Personality is to a person what perfume is to
   the flower.

8. Help and Share with Others: The real test of business greatness lies in giving opportunity to others.

9. Be Democratic: Unless you feel right toward others, you can never be a successful leader.

10. In All Things Do Your Best: The person who has done his best has done everything. The person who has done less than his best has done nothing.

-Adapted from Charles M. Schwab

By: Patricia Napier-Fitzpatrick