Small Business Today Magazine DEC 2014 NOUN INVESTMENTS | Page 25

EDITORIALFEATURE

The Two Keys  

to Success                       
by Three-time Olympian Ruben Gonzalez

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ll my life I’ve been a student of success. Over
the years I’ve read hundreds of books and
listened to thousands of tapes on success.
Then, I listened to and did everything my
Olympic coaches told me to do.

you willing to do whatever it takes to make your
dream a reality? Are you willing to read the books,
listen to the tapes, attend the seminars, associate
with the right people, and disassociate yourself
from the wrong people?

After all of that, what I learned was that success
is pretty simple. It comes down to this: you have
to find something you’re good at and passionate
about, an arena you are suited to play in, you have
to have the courage to get started, you have to
have the courage to not quit, and along the way
you have to have the attitude that you will be willing to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes
to get