Why people fail

Failure is not just an event but a process initiated long before it happens. Mediocrity limits one’s efforts at attaining progress in any endeavour because it is rooted in one’s belief system. Be robust in your quality of thoughts.

• Despair- Perseverance is one of the keys to unlock the doors of success. Decide never to chicken out in the quest to find your treasure. Value is scarce. If you must find diamonds, keep digging, keep sweating, and keep making progress till you unearth them. Many people, in their quest to make progress; meet brick walls, make a detour and change their goals. They encounter problems on the way again and change their dreams once more. Quit changing your dreams, draw wisdom to overcome your problems, overcome and achieve your goals. Create a dream wall, displaying the pictures of your objects of desire. Post pictures of your dream future, home, career, car and look at them daily. Inflame your desire.

• Fear- Have faith in your ability to achieve your goals. Every action begins from your mind- success and failure inclusive. Fear is potent enough to cripple your desires, abilities and initiative to win. It has the ability to frustrate the greatest of strategies. The fear of failure cripples bright potentials. Louis Boone says, “Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains 3 descriptions: could have, might have and should have.”

Admit your fear, look it in the face and act in spite of it. Find reasons to believe in the image in your mirror and the infinite power of God. No one who has achieved anything significant did so, limited by fear. Let fear be your friend, knowing full well that it makes false evidence appear real. It’s a fluke.

To be continued...