One of the most frequent questions I get from people is “What is the secret to your success?” Honestly, the “secret” to MY success is the success of the people around me! Its true, I draw my motivation from others I see doing well. In life, we have a choice to be jealous when we see another person succeed or inspired by their success. My choice is the latter…

I came across this quote and video of LL Cool J and it appears that he and I share the same ideology, here’s what he had to say on the topic:

“You get in life what you give out.  If you want the world to celebrate your success, you have to celebrate the success of the world.  And use others’ success as motivation and inspiration to go after your dreams.”– L.L. Cool J