Defining success isn’t easy. Achieving it is even harder. Richard St. John spent seven years interviewing 500 people who have achieved enough success to be invited to speak at TED, or to be able to afford the whopping $4,000 a pop entry fee. The 8 secrets he distills from those interviews may not be secrets at all, but putting them all together until they pay off? Ah, there’s the ticket! I wonder what Jesus would think of The 8 Secrets of Success, according to Richard St. John (and some TEDies).