I found this on TED.com. Richard John has interviewed 500 successful people (like Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch) and asked them “What leads to success?”.

He explains in 3.5 minutes that to be successful you need these 8 points:

  1. Passion, do it for love not money.
  2. Work, work really hard.
  3. Good, you have to be damn good at what you do.
  4. Focus, focus on one thing.
  5. Push, you must be pushed physically and mentally.
  6. Serve, serve others something of value.
  7. Ideas, follow a good one.
  8. Persist, even through failure.

More info on ‘Success Analyst’ Richard St. John:
http://www.ted.com/speakers/richard_st_john.html