According to journalist Camille Sweeney, who, along with co-author Josh Gosfield, interviewed dozens of highly accomplished men and women for a new book, The Art of Doing: How Superachievers Do What They Do and How They Do It So Well, here's a checklist:

'Superachievers might look like loners -- at the top of the mountain, by themselves. But they all found ways to connect themselves to people who would support their dreams and their goals. Everybody had this skill of active listening, when you're taking in what another person's saying and processing it, listening for information that you're going to put into action. That's something that's surprising for very successful people -- you would imagine that they don't want to be told (what to do), because they know everything. You wouldn't think that Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com, or Martina Navratilova, has to listen, but that is what they're doing.'

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