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Why
We
Fail?
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1. Lack of Persistence
1. Lack of Persistence
More people fail not because they lack
knowledge or talent but because they quit.
The total secret of success lies in two words,
persistence
persistence and
resistance
resistance. Persist in what
must be done and resist what ought not to be
done.
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When problems seem
insurmountable, quitting seems
to be the easiest way out
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Winners are struck but not
destroyed. We all have had
setbacks in life. ailing does not
mean we are failures.
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2. Lack of Conviction
2. Lack of Conviction
People who lack conviction
take the middle of the road!
and guess what happens in
the middle of the road"
#ou get run over.
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People without
People without
conviction do not take
conviction do not take
a stand
a stand. They go along
to get along because
they lack confidence
and courage.
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They conform in order
to get accepted even
when they know that
what they are doing is
wrong. They behave
like part of a herd.
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3. Rationaliin!
3. Rationaliin!
Winners may analy$e but never
rationali$e. That is a loser%s game.
&osers always have a book full of
e'cuses to tell you why they could not.
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We hear
e'cuses
like
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(
)%m unlucky
(
)%m born under the wrong stars
(
)%m not good looking
(
) don%t have contacts
(
) don%t have enough money
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The economy is bad
(
)f only ) had the opportunity
(
)f only ) didn%t have a family
"he list can !o on and
"he list can !o on and
on##.
on##.
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$. %ot Learnin! fro&
$. %ot Learnin! fro&
Past 'istakes
Past 'istakes
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(o&e people live and learn
(o&e people live and learn, and
some only live. Wise people learn
from their mistakes.
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People who do not learn lessons from
history are doomed. ailure is a
teacher if we have the right attitude.
Failure is a detour) not a dead end.
Failure is a detour) not a dead end.
)t is a delay, not a defeat. *'perience
is the name we give to our mistakes.
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*. Lack of +iscipline
*. Lack of +iscipline
+nyone who has
accomplished anything
worthwhile has never
done so without
discipline.
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,iscipline takes self-
control, sacrifice, and
avoiding distractions and
temptations. )t means
staying focused. .team
does not move the engine
unless it is confined.
/iagara alls would not
generate power unless it
were harnessed.
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,. Poor (elf-.stee&
,. Poor (elf-.stee&
Poor self-esteem is a
lack of self-respect and
self-worth. )t leads to
abuse of one%s self and
others.
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People with low self-esteem are
constantly looking for identity. They are
trying to find themselves.
/ne0s self is
/ne0s self is
not to 1e found 1ut to 1e created.
not to 1e found 1ut to 1e created.
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)dleness is like rust that eats into the most
brilliant metal.
)dleness and la$iness are consequences
of poor self-esteem and so is making
e'cuses.
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2. Fatalistic
3ttitude
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3 fatalistic attitude
3 fatalistic attitude prevents people
from accepting responsibility for their
position in life. They attribute success
and failure to luck. They resign
themselves to their fate.
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They believe and accept the
predestined future written in
their horoscope or stars, that
regardless of their effort
whatever has to happen will
happen.
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0ence they never put in any effort and
complacency becomes a way of life. They
wait for things to happen
rather than &ake
rather than &ake
the& happen.
the& happen.
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.ource of 1eference2
Shiv Khera,
You Can Win
You Can Win, New Dawn Press.
