What is the Most Important Factor Behind Your Success?

We asked the community what factors they felt were responsible for their success and we’ve highlighted some of those responses below.

Bailee Cudmore | Professional Dancer and Perfome, Owner & Founder

For me personally, success is not defined as an amount or number in my business account. It isn’t defined by sales or profit, publicity or how many likes I get on Instagram. I define success in my business by one word. LOVE. If something I made and gave blessed someone else or simply put a smile on their face, I consider that a success in my business. I bake with love, I decorate with love, I package with love- all with the hopes that my customers receive it to the full from the moment they look at it to the second they taste it. LOVE = Success for 5 Loaves Bake House and vise versa. The name 5 Loaves Bake House comes from the miracle found in Matthew chapter 14 of the Bible. Read more>>

Johnny Sfeir Karam | Customer Experience Designer

IT IS HOW DELIVER A PERFORMANCE CUSTOMERS NEVER FORGET. Count the number of times have you called your best friend or approached a coworker and said, “You cannot believe what just HAPPENED to me just now.” These words precede a story about something bad that HAPPENED, right? And then when you tell the story, you freak out your listener … as well as yourself. Let´s take back the phrase you cannot believe what HAPPENED from all the negative, freak-out feelings, and use it for positive moments: • The moments that make us smile and laugh. • The moments that warm our hearts. • The moments that surprise us. • The moments worth celebrating. • The moments worth telling stories about, year after year, to everyone we meet. Read more>>

Deontae Mack | Airbnb Property Manager & Investment Specialist

A Positive mindset is essential to dealing with the stressors of building a brand and the financial struggles. – Maintaining organization and calanders – Habits that contribute to your loan term and short term goals – being active on social media – Having the influence around you to improve yourself and shoot for high goals – Roadmap of short term and long term plans Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4 – More Sacrifices than you want to make These factors have contributed to the bulk of my brand success on a small scale enough to generate over $150k in a 4 year period. However Maintaining this kind of organization was not achieved from day one but rather focusing on good habits that translate to a successful brand in the long term. Read more>>