Factors That Hinder Success In Life By Christian Library Forum

Today's armies of life coaches and business gurus
often seem to build their strategies on a fundamental
bit of advice from the 6th-century bc Chinese general
Sun Tzu in his treatise, The Art of War—"Know your
enemy." Not until we identify and understand the
attitudes and conditions that threaten our success
can we take the steps necessary to overcome them.
6 Factors That Hinders Success
Lack of a clear goal.
"What often leads to failure," says entrepreneur and
consultant Joseph Ansanelli, "is (the absence of) a
well understood, small set of very important goals."
"If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up
somewhere else."—Yogi Berra
Lack of a plan.
It's okay to dream of building castles in the air, but
they won't become realities without a realistic step-
by-step plan for putting them there. Today we have
space stations, but they didn't just happen.
"He who fails to plan, plans to fail."—Author
unknown
Lack of focus.
Various things can contribute to lack of focus,
including low motivation, a poor work environment,
or being distracted by matters of lesser priority.
Identify interferences and determine how to best
deal with each.
"One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want
is that we never direct our focus; we never
concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way
through life."—Anthony Robbins
Laziness.
You can have a great idea and even a great plan for
achieving it, but if you lack the necessary dedication
or aren't willing to put in the work, the idea and plan
are doomed.
"Some people dream of success, while others wake
up and work hard at it."—Author unknown
Rigidity.
Few things undermine initiative and progress worse
than holding on to the way things have been done in
the past.
"A closed mind is not only closed to outside
thoughts, it is often closed to itself as well. It is
closed to new thoughts and anything that threatens
the status quo. But if you can open the doors, maybe
just a crack at first, the ideas that have been
patiently waiting at your gates will flood in."—David
Straker and Graham Rawlinson, How to Invent
(Almost) Anything
Lack of enthusiasm.
If an idea is like a spark, enthusiasm is the wind that
whips it into a bonfire strong enough to withstand
the rain of adversity.
"Success consists of going from failure to failure
without loss of enthusiasm."—Winston Churchill
Posted By David Aniemeka