31 Major Causes of Failure

As Ive had a few days rest Ive picked up one my favourite books by Napolean Hill titled, "Think and Grow Rich"

To kick in the New Year and to generate some value added content in this forum of a non technical nature I will go through the thirty one causes of failure listed in the book.

I will add one every now and then, so without much adeau here are the first two.

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Lack of a well defined purpose in life

To achieve success each man must have a CENTRAL PURPOSE. without it there is no HOPE of success.

Aim at some SPECIFIC GOAL in life

98 percent of failures in life have no such purpose or goals

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Lack of ambition to AIM above MEDIOCRITY

There is no hope for anyone who is so indifferant as not to want to get ahead in life . and who is not willing to pay that price

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Lack of Self Discipline

Discipline comes from SELF CONTROL.
One must control ones NEGATIVE QUALITIES

ie: Before we can control external things ( outside our scope) we must learn how to control ourselves.

SELF MASTERY is one of the hardest things to achieve. Conquer yourself first, cos if you dont your self will Conquer You.

I know thats strange, but you have to Conquer yourself, the body will follow the path of least resistance, and lead you down a slippery slope of decline, hence, You have to Conquer these weaknesses within yourself first.

Look in the Mirror

What you will see..........Either your BEST Freind..........or your WORST ENEMY

Its strange isnt it??? I never ever thought I could be so damaging to myself, but yet we are.........All the time. Look at our actions, sometimes our behaviour is far from exeplary.

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Please note: I have not copied out verbatim from book . I am merely echoing, eschewing the points that are raised in the book.

But it makes for intresting reading.

If members have so far enjoyed what Ive written please say so and I will continue. If you think.....No, Ill stop!!

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Thanks Abe.

Hope you will complete the list soon.

We could then use it as guide for the new year's Resolution.

Regards,
Winfred :)

Continue ahead with the book review Abe. I have read that book many times and it is well worth the purchase price.

I highly recommend this book to anyone. It does not only concern money.;)

Before I go to sleep some more..........boosted by the comments above!!

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Ill Health

Good health is essential to success
Ill Health is subject to Mastery and Control
Things like:

Over eating
Eating the wrong type of foods
Bad thoughts, giving expression to NEGATIVITY
Wrong use, Over Indulgance of SEX
Lack of Exercise
Inadequate supply of FRESH AIR, improper breathing

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Thanks Abe for the refresher course. Please continue.
Best Wishes for 2007.

This is probably one the most commonest reasons for failure

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PROCRASTINATION

This is one of the most common cause of FAILURE

Beside every human being stands THE SHADOW OF PROCRASTINATION

He WAITS to SPOIL your chance of SUCCESS

Most people go through LIFE , Waiting..........for that period, WHEN THE TIME WILL BE RIGHT ! to do something worthwhile.

DO NOT WAIT

The TIME will NEVER be JUST RIGHT

Start where YOU STAND....

WORK with what TOOLS you HAVE at you command

You will find........BETTER TOOLS, as you go along

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PERSISTENCE

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Most people are...........GOOD STARTERS

but........ POOR FINISHERS

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People tend to GIVE UP, at the first HINT of DEFEAT

THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSISTENCE

THE MAN who PERSISTS, Does not GIVE UP..........will find.....

that that " OLD MAN OF FAILURE" gets TIRED.....and goes away, HE LEAVES YOU ALONE

OLD MAN FAILURE CANNOT COPE WITH A MAN WHO IS PERSISTENT

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NEGATIVE PERSONALITY

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Success eludes that one who REPELS OTHERS with his NEGATIVITY PERSONALITY


Success is achieved by application of POWER

POWER is HARNESSED by CO OPERATING WITH OTHERS

When you, REPEL OTHERS..............there is no HARVEST

YOU HAVE NO POWER

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LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE

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SEX ENERGY is the most poweful of ALL STIMULI which can stirr up ACTION and MOTIVATE

Because it is so POWERFUL and EMOTION.............it must be CONTROLLED

CONTROL IT WITH TRANSMUTATION

CONVERT SEX ENERGY into some other CHANNEL

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UNCONTROLLED DESIRE TO WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

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The GAMBLING INSTINCT, drives millions of people to FAILURE

During the Wall Street crash in 1929, millions gambled on stock options................and FAILED

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Phewwwwwwwwww, Wipes My Brow......

Taking a breather.......:)

So, how about some comments so far??
You dont have to agree to everything

Maybe some real time examples you care to share???

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Originally Posted by Abe

Maybe some real time examples you care to share???

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LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE

I believe this is the one we always find hard to CONTROL . . . . :D

Unless of course if . . . . :D


Maybe, i will first think trice before sharing my experience.
Towards the end, when you're almost complete with the 31.

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Hi, Abe :)

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Originally Posted by Abe

Phewwwwwwwwww, Wipes My Brow......

Taking a breather.......:)

So, how about some comments so far??
You dont have to agree to everything

Maybe some real time examples you care to share???

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Nice, continue please...

I am only in doubt about such small number of failures:D

Please, can you put the numbers for each failure then we can vote;) for the "best" one..

Best regards, Josip :)

Ok I shall number them.............but Ive been out all day just got back.

Tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Abe

LACK OF CONTROLLED SEXUAL URGE

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Uhhhh, this needs some more explanation, Abe, if possible with some figures please,hahahahaha:p :p

I know everyone wants me to go through all the 31, but it takes time to type..........so bear with me!!! :)

But let me tackle Control of Sexual Urge :p

We live in a world..........surrounded by , inundated by sexual messages............Society is much more promiscuos then it once was. The opportunities for sexual relations are increased, not decreased.

As a person we either " cave in " to the expenditure of time, effort, into these pursuits............or we instead motivate, channel the brains thinking , thought patterns into other alternative areas..........and resist, desist from continually wanting more and more sex.

The more sex we have, the more we want..........its like a cigarettes, smoke one, youll soon need other.

So............train your mind, discipline yourself...to put sex down on the line of priorities........instead of being there at the top of the list and focus.

Yes, love with your mutual partner , ( wife, partner) is another thing altogether........

Love in that sense is wholly wholesome and exhilirating.
I think more the flirtatios pursuit of the quarry leading to clandestine liasons and the attempts to reach heightened peaks of sexual activity.

Phewwwwwwww, thats worn me out!!!

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thanks for reminding us of these simple but powerfull guide lines; often we forget and fall off the wagon;

Over Caution

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The person who takes no chances generally takes only what is left behind.

Over caution is as bad as under caution.

Boith are EXTREMES to be guarded against

Life is filled with an element of chance

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Associates in Business

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Select an employer who INSPIRES you
Someone successful and intelligent

We emulate and copy our associates
Choose a employer worth emulating

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Superstition and prejudice

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Superstition is a form of fear
It is also a sign of ignorance
Successful men keep an open mind and fear nothing

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Wrong Selection of Vocation.....( Job, Career)

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No man can succeed in an endeavour which he does not like.
Choose an occupation which you throw yourself in WHOLEHEARTEDLY

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Jack of all trades

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Jack of all trades is Seldom good
Concentrate all your efforts on one definite CHIEF AIM

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Spending

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The spendthrift does not succeed
He lives eternally in fear of poverty

Form a habit of SAVING
Money in the Bank acts as a FOUNDATION

Courage stands on this FOUNDATION when bargaining for any purchases.

Without money we are forced to take what is given, on THEIR TERMS, NOT YOURS

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LACK OF ENTHUSIASM

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Without ENTHUSIASM you cannot be CONVINCING
Enthusaiasm is CONTAGIOUS

A person who can control his enthusiasm is generally welcome in any group of people

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INTOLERANCE

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A person with a CLOSED MIND seldom GETS AHEAD
Intolerance is where someone has stopped acquiring knowledge.

The most damaging of intolerances are those connected with dsifferance in opinion on:

Religious
Racial
Political

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INTEMPERANCE

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The most damaging form of intemperance are connected with:

Eating
Strong drink
Sexual Activity

OVER INDULGANCE in ANY of these is fatal to success

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All good stuff, keep it coming!

Cheers Jon

Hi Abe,

Hope you can complete the List. :)

Regards,
Winfred

Lol he can't get laid so he figures its a bad thing, got to love somes logic.

in the end we are worm food so the enjoyment one gets from life is all that matters, and ones enjoyment is perportional to the enjoyment they can bring to others. Money in of its self is meaningles, it is a simple by product of so called modern society.

As they say no man who has friends & good family is ever poor.

Key to real succes is so simple, be your self, be honest, but this is success for life, I think that guys going for the success of the bank.

That or I'm a simple farm pony who just wants to live simple and content.

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Originally Posted by winfred.dela

Hi Abe,

Hope you can complete the List. :)

Regards,
Winfred

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I shall indeed complete the list .....
:)