Billionaires share their most important traits.

To become a huge success, you might decide to blaze your own trail. But hacking through the jungle of life can leave you bruised and battered by the time you finally reach your destination. Walking in the footsteps of those who succeeded before you makes for an easier journey all around. The world’s most successful people — with some of the largest networth totals, as calculated by Forbes — credit some key traits for getting them to where they are today. Absorb their lessons, and maybe you’ll become a billionaire.