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

Mark Kazinec

The most important factor behind my success has been maintaining honesty and integrity in everything we do at Best in Grass. We pride ourselves in transparency in the judging process, honesty in how we receive and review scores, and never allowing anybody to pay to play, pay to win, or sway contest results in any way. Read more>>

Brendan Garis

I think simply just being a good person to everyone. Nobody wants to work with someone who clearly doesn’t have good intentions or comes off rude. I try to be nice to everyone I meet and it’s subconsciously taken me farther than I planned, whether that’s in my business or personal life. Being nice should be a non negotiable for everyone in my opinion. Read more>>

HoneyBerryDrip

The most important factor behind my success is staying true to my vision even when people didn’t understand it yet. A lot of artists follow trends. I built a world around HoneyBerryDrip. The music, visuals, fashion, energy, everything connects. Every era of my brand reflects exactly where I’m at mentally and creatively. I never wanted to look or sound like everybody else. Read more>>

Evalyn Lopez- Benoit

Honestly, the biggest factor has been surrounding myself with the right people – family and friends who support me, and an amazing team of talented stylists who are passionate about what they do. I may be the one leading the vision, but the success of the brand is absolutely a team effort. Read more>>

Nar Abadian BSN, RN.

The most important factor behind my success is trust — and trust can’t be bought or manufactured. I built Bae & Beau Aesthetics entirely on word-of-mouth, which means every client sitting in my chair came because someone they loved vouched for me. That doesn’t happen when you’re chasing revenue. It happens when you’re genuinely invested in the person in front of you. Read more>>

Mark Edwards

When I’m having fun, the audience is having fun. I spent a lot of time thinking about what other people would like, rather than thinking about I enjoy making. As soon as I got over that, things started to click. As soon as I tried to make myself laugh first, my audience started to grow. Read more>>

Amy Chinian

The most important factor behind my success is simple: helping people in their greatest need. Everything I do comes back to making sure that children don’t suffer, aren’t estranged from their classmates, and aren’t impacted in their education because of head lice. I see kids miss a month of school because of this problem, and there’s really no help out there for them. Read more>>

Alex Haney

I think the most important ‘success’ factor to aspire towards for me is to BE UNDENIABLE and be a limited resource. Learn absolutely everything and be able to focus on only one thing at a time. The more you learn, the calmer, quicker and more efficient you are in any task, to me that’s what leads to lasting success because it can’t be taken away. Read more>>

Lesley Chiang

I feel like my superpower of ‘delulu confidence’ got me to where I am. It gave me the courage to chase my dreams and truly, enjoy the whole process and journey, because I am always so optimistic and confident. I feel like this type of superpower is especially beneficial to my industry (entertainment), because it helps us stay strong and survive through rejections. Read more>>

Marco Lusso

Develop ‘a system’ were everyone know how and when things need to happen . Simplicity is the key , but unicity it’s either , so .. assuming that we hired people with different attitude and skills, we can use those to let them create , and bring the business to be unic . The simplicity is to create a consistency. Read more>>

Casey Smith

The thing I find most important about our shows is that we have fun and our audience has fun. I want to give people a reason to leave their house and see us. Read more>>

Sh!tty Princess

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Anton Krasavin

I think one of the most important factors behind my success has been the ability to adapt while still staying true to myself as an artist. My journey has taken me through very different worlds — I was born in Russia, studied in England, and eventually moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally. Read more>>