3 common reasons why people fail

Failures are unavoidable even in the case of the most talented and driven people. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, reveals the three common reasons people don’t achieve success:

1 Procrastinating Procrastination is rooted in fear, whether it’s a fear of not meeting your own ambition or being embarrassed. Successful people lack this fear and make decisions after they have a sufficient amount of information, avoiding the need to feel like their decision is “perfect”.

2 Quitting when things get tough In the radio broadcast, Hill says that Thomas Edison, who he had previously interviewed, tested countless materials for the incandescent lamp before finding the ones that worked. “One failure is sufficient to make the average person quit. Perhaps this is why there are so many average persons, and there was only one Thomas A. Edison,” Hill says.

3 Being unable to get along with other people Hill placed tremendous importance on having a “million-dollar personality”. Successful people have a network of those who will go out of their way to help them. As Hill says, “The first step to causing others to like you is to begin by liking them.” The best collaborators are likable because they care about their reputation and understand the value of others. The key is to be genuine, since people can easily see past a fake smile and insincere handshake. Reid recommends adopting an “inverse paranoid” personality, where you think the world is conspiring to help you rather than hold you back, and you’ll be more open to positive connections.