Elements of Success...(As I see it!)

My dad always used to tell me that to achieve success one must work hard and have solid determination. I've always believed in this one word, "Hard work". Over the past few years, more over the past one year though, I realized professional success doesn't come with plain hard work in the technical areas. There are other elements which you need when pursuing success: ability to talk in a convincing manner and be spontaneous, ability to identify one's strengths, being able to project oneself in a positive manner, social networking to get access to opportunities, aggressively look for opportunities. One can't do these overnight. They should become a part of one's behavior. I believe success is when this preparation meets an opportunity. As someone once said "You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want"!