September 15, 2020

10 reasons for career failure and what you can do about it

22 minutes

Here are some major causes of failure:

Lack of Ambition to Aim Above Mediocrity
- Setting exciting goals, thinking bigger
Lack of Self-Discipline
- Know what motivates you
Ill Health
- Sleep, exercise and food
Procrastination
- Waiting for more data, better time, other circumstances
Lack of Persistence
- Not closing loops, follow up
Lack of a Well Defined Power of Decision
- Bias to action and acceptance of not all information available
Lack of Concentration of Effort
- Too many things going on
- Combination of tasks
- Repurposing
- Repeating
Lack of Enthusiasm
- Passion and interest starts often with going deep
Intolerance
- Open and curious
Inability to Cooperate With Others
- Only teams achieve big results
- Delegation
- Leadership

Reference:

https://wealthygorilla.com/30-major-causes-of-failure - Napoleon Hill

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September 15, 2020

22 minutes

Here are some major causes of failure:

Lack of Ambition to Aim Above Mediocrity
- Setting exciting goals, thinking bigger
Lack of Self-Discipline
- Know what motivates you
Ill Health
- Sleep, exercise and food
Procrastination
- Waiting for more data, better time, other circumstances
Lack of Persistence
- Not closing loops, follow up
Lack of a Well Defined Power of Decision
- Bias to action and acceptance of not all information available
Lack of Concentration of Effort
- Too many things going on
- Combination of tasks
- Repurposing
- Repeating
Lack of Enthusiasm
- Passion and interest starts often with going deep
Intolerance
- Open and curious
Inability to Cooperate With Others
- Only teams achieve big results
- Delegation
- Leadership