TWELVE MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE.

Life’s greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail as compared to the few who succeed.
I have had the privilege of analyzing several people and I found out that ninety percent are classified as a failures. My research and analysis proved that there are more than 12 major reasons why people fail. In this article, a description of the 12 major causes of failure will be given. As you go over the list, check yourself by it point by point for the purpose of discovering how many of these causes of failure stand between you and success.
1. UNFAVORABLE HEREDITARYBACKGROUND: There is but little, if anything, which can be done for people who are born with deficiency in brain power. One method of bridging this weakness is through the aid of Master Mind. Observe with profit, however, that this is the ONLY one of the 12 causes of failure that is difficult to be corrected by anybody.
2. LACK OF A WELL-DEFINED PURPOSE IN LIFE: There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a definite goal to attain.
3. LACK OF AMBITION TO AIM ABOVE MEDIOCRITY: We offer no hope for the person who is as indifferent as not want to get ahead in life, and who is not willing to pay the price for success.
4. PROCRASTINATION: This is one of the most common causes of failure. “Old Man Procrastination” stands within the shadow of every human being, awaiting his opportunity to spoil one’s chances of success. Most people go through life as failures because they habitually wait for the “time to be right” to start doing something worthwhile. Do not wait. Start where you stand and work with whatever tools you have at your commands and better tools will be found as you go along.
5. LACK OF PERSISTENCE: Most of us are good starters, but poor finishers of everything we begin. There is no substitute for PERSISTENCE. Failure can not cope with PERSISTENCE.
6. UNCONTROLLED DESIRE FOR “SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.” The gambling instinct drives millions of people to failure. Evidence of this may be found in a study of Wall Street crash of 1929durin which millions of people tried to make money by gambling on stock margins.
7. WRONG SELECTION OF MATE IN MARRIAGE: This is a most common cause of failure. The relationship of marriage brings people of different background intimately into contact. Unless this relationship is harmonious, failure is likely to follow.
8. ILL HEALTH: No person can enjoy outstanding success without a good health. Many of the causes of ill health are subject to mastery and control. E.g. lack of exercise, over eating, wrong habit of thought.
9. INSUFFICIENT EDUCATION: This is a handicap which may e overcome with comparative ease. Experience has proven that the best- educated people are often those who are known as “self-made” or self-educated. It takes more than a college degree to make one an educated person.
10. LACK OF SELF-DISCIPLINE: Discipline comes through self-control. This means one must control all negative thought.
11. INTEMPERANCE: The most damaging forms of intemperance are connected with eating, strong drink, drugs, and sexual activities. Over indulgence in any of these is fatal to SUCCESS.
12. INTOLERANCE: The person with a closed mind on any subject seldom gets ahead. Intolerance means that one has stopped acquiring knowledge. The most damaging forms of intolerance are connected with religious, racial, and political differences of opinion.