Predicting Success

“Failure shall disappoint, but never discourage” Success is the favorable outcome of an endeavor, which is planned and executed by a leader. The ability to predict at every stage if the strategies are still targeting the goal is crucial and often most difficult part of management and in life. There are always factors which are dynamic, uncertain and unpredictable; the decision making is complex maze of probabilistic analysis, exhaustively trying all possible outcomes. The study of various successful leaders is often inconclusive since there appear to be multitude of factors behind the success, often resembling no relation with one-another. It might seem that success can come through many reasons, ranging from detailed analytics to simple gut feeling or experience. This article is an effort to reverse the process of analyzing success as a cause-effect, instead identify the basic factors that manifest themselves into various observable outcomes. Factors influencing success As one attempts to break down success into different reasons or components, and then classify them into primary or derivates, it approximately converges into three main factors.