10 Reasons Why People Never Achieve Their Dreams

12 years ago

No burning desire to achieve success.

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by mervyngoh

No burning desire to achieve success.

Thanks for adding this one, I totally agree with you
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12 years ago

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by doshmachine

Lack of dreams comes in too

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darrenchow

12 years ago

Afraid to Fail- No.1 reason

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Terrilyn 12 years ago

Originally Posted by darrenchow

Afraid to Fail- No.1 reason

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TopBackBuilder

12 years ago

Afraid to Succeed, think about it

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by mervyngoh

No burning desire to achieve success.

Originally Posted by TopBackBuilder

Afraid to Succeed, think about it

True, the opposite also applies..Fear of failure
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David Sneen

12 years ago

Great thread, Speedbird! There are a lot of speed bumps on the highway to success. The reasons for failure you mentioned will come up again and again.

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by David Sneen

Great thread, Speedbird! There are a lot of speed bumps on the highway to success. The reasons for failure you mentioned will come up again and again.

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kavitapore

12 years ago

1.lack of knowledge
2.fear to fail
3.negative mindset
4.negative thinking
5.low morel
6.low confidence
7.poor management
8.lack of idea but not final one idea
9.poor time and money management
10.lack of focus

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speedbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by kavitapore

1.lack of knowledge
2.fear to fail
3.negative mindset
4.negative thinking
5.low morel
6.low confidence
7.poor management
8.lack of idea but not final one idea
9.poor time and money management
10.lack of focus

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chriscyan

12 years ago

I totally agree with you

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Nic Oliver

12 years ago

I'd add procrastination to the above, and overcomplicating things!
There's also the desire for perfection - wiring until a product is absolutely perfect before launching. It's not necessary, as Microsoft have shown!

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speedbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Nic Oliver

I'd add procrastination to the above, and overcomplicating things!
There's also the desire for perfection - wiring until a product is absolutely perfect before launching. It's not necessary, as Microsoft have shown!

I totally agree with you that procrastination can be a huge obstacle for one to achieve their dreams.

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vic alexander

12 years ago

I totally agree Nic. I would also add Huge EGO as a obstacle to your dreams.Your only as good as your last project etc!! If your ego is deflated and your a shadow of your former self, then its much harder to make a comeback

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BlackMetal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by speedbird

1. Lack of consistency
2. Lack of focus
3. Lack of definiteness of purpose
4. 'Get rich quick' mentality
5. Reaping where one has not sowed
6. Overindulgence in sex and drugs
7. Poor time management
8. Lack of continuous self improvement program
9. Lack of passion and drive
10. keeping wrong company

I think Hunter S Thompson has about half of those, and he was pretty successful.

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12 years ago

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Bic Johnson 12 years ago

Good list. Reminds me a friend I know.
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majay

12 years ago

lack of patience to see the dream to fruition

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by majay

lack of patience to see the dream to fruition

Very true, thanks for contributing another point to the list
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- Alcon 12 years ago
  
  Here are a few to add on:
  
  1. Not Knowing What You Really Want
  2. Lack of Focus
  3. Mentally defeating themselves
  4.Lack of persistence
  
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hireava

12 years ago

I totally agree with your reasons man. They're very true and people will never achieve their dreams having those reasons you mentioned.

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zachary0611

12 years ago

Dont forget fear. It is a huge factor for many people.

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LukeZ

12 years ago

Lack of people who believe in, support and help you achieving your dreams. (big factor to overcome fears)
Lack of a plan, from the daily task to the big scheme.

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pittmanstanley

12 years ago

great insights....thanks for the share

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mb1

12 years ago

here's my list...

1. Their dream isn't cleary defined.

2. They aren't willing to take responsibility.

3. They are afraid to fail/succeed.

4. They lack discipline.

5. They focus on the wrong things.

6. They have low self-esteem.

7. They don't set goals.

8. They are paralyzed by negative programming.

9. They lack knowledge.

10. They give up easily instead of adapting.

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CashFlow1337

12 years ago

Originally Posted by mb1

here's my list...

1. Their dream isn't cleary defined.

2. They aren't willing to take responsibility.

3. They are afraid to fail/succeed.

4. They lack discipline.

5. They focus on the wrong things.

6. They have low self-esteem.

7. They don't set goals.

8. They are paralyzed by negative programming.

9. They lack knowledge.

10. They give up easily instead of adapting.

I like this! +++

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anja98

12 years ago

this is a great post. Knowing our mistakes is the key to success.

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coley252

12 years ago

I definitely fell victim to the get rich quick mentality early on and it did not lead me to much success.

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marc14

12 years ago

Some reasons are mentioned below:

1. Lack of belief in your abilities

2. Laziness

3. Letting opportunities pass by

4. Mental blocks

5. Lack of clarity

6. Contradicting goals

7. Negative thoughts

8. Fear of achieving your goal

9. Setting the wrong goal

10. Harmful goals etc.

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speedbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by marc14

Some reasons are mentioned below:

1. Lack of belief in your abilities

2. Laziness

3. Letting opportunities pass by

4. Mental blocks

5. Lack of clarity

6. Contradicting goals

7. Negative thoughts

8. Fear of achieving your goal

9. Setting the wrong goal

10. Harmful goals etc.

Great list, thanks for the addition!

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DWolfe 12 years ago

Failure to get out of the confort zone
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- speedbird 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DWolfe
  
  Failure to get out of the confort zone
  
  Thanks for the addition, the list is growing long than I had anticipated.
  
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keiranorton

12 years ago

Nice list speedbird, thanks for the share.

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Mosa

12 years ago

Many marketers also spread theirselves too thin. They try to learn everything all at once and get overwhelmed. Many are also not self-driven. They expect it to be easy and they don't like the idea of having to really spend time learning something without getting paid.

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Ryan Popovic

12 years ago

1. Fear of failure
2. Lack of focus/shiny object syndrome

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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Ryan Popovic

1. Fear of failure
2. Lack of focus/shiny object syndrome

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1234nasir

12 years ago

All the guidelines in thread and moreover in reply posts are very useful and effective.
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speedbird 12 years ago

Originally Posted by 1234nasir

All the guidelines in thread and moreover in reply posts are very useful and effective.
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wangui

12 years ago

A good summary of why we do not succeed in our objectives. I like it.

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speedbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by tas26

1.lack of knowledge
2.fear to fail
3.negative mindset
4.negative thinking
5.low morel
6.low confidence
7.poor management
8.lack of idea but not final one idea
9.poor time and money management
10.lack of focus

Great! Thanks for your contribution to my initial list

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patriciabyers

12 years ago

great thoughts

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success4all

12 years ago

Their Belief System.

We are nothing more than a bunch of belief systems. Whatever belief system is dominant in a given moment that is what we are in that particular moment. Even the external world and events are just a reflection of our dominating belief system.

Dreams come true to those who manage to bring together their mind set and belief system.

When there is conflict between our mind set and belief system, the all powerful belief system always wins. The good news is, we are the ones that created our belief system in the first place and we have the power to modify it to agree with our mind set. When we set our mind (mind set) & create or modify our belief system to agree with the mind set, we achieve our dreams no matter how big the dreams are.

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ljlinning

12 years ago

Originally Posted by success4all

Their Belief System.

We are nothing more than a bunch of belief systems. Whatever belief system is dominant in a given moment that is what we are in that particular moment. Even the external world and events are just a reflection of our dominating belief system.

Dreams come true to those who manage to bring together their mind set and belief system.

When there is conflict between our mind set and belief system, the all powerful belief system always wins. The good news is, we are the ones that created our belief system in the first place and we have the power to modify it to agree with our mind set. When we set our mind (mind set) & create or modify our belief system to agree with the mind set, we achieve our dreams no matter how big the dreams are.

The Belief set is the all-encompassing converter of spiritual power to action to results. "Whether you think you can or can't, your right" Henry Ford

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Michael Ten

12 years ago

11. They give up.

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bsdang

12 years ago

Can i put one more
Lack of ACTION
No Action = No results

Massive Action = Massive Results

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Usmile

12 years ago

great post, I hope internet marketers newbie will read this. This will really help

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leorocking25

12 years ago

That's true...great thinking.

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miserman

12 years ago

This is so true, but I believe there is one more that is actually De-track from the original idea or your mission. This problem is very common, and people use to attract other ideas rather then focusing on their particular idea on which they are working.

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Snd65 Banned 12 years ago

Great points to share. These are facts.
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keivn2

12 years ago

1. Lack of consistency
2. Lack of focus
3. Lack of definiteness of purpose
4. 'Get rich quick' mentality
5. Reaping where one has not sowed
6. Overindulgence in sex and drugs
7. Poor time management
8. Lack of continuous self improvement program
9. Lack of passion and drive
10. keeping wrong company

The bold statement is my greatest enemy, especially the first one; lacking of consistency. If I can write 2 or 3 articles per day, I think I can yield a decent result for my online business. Trying to write one article per day is difficult task for me.

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Lee A Bracey 12 years ago

I only added one to my earlier post, but in reality, this list could grow quite large! There are countless reasons people don't succeed, but most of them involve themselves.
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zelgly2 12 years ago

1. Their dream isn't clearly defined.

2. They aren't willing to take responsibility.

3. They are afraid to fail/succeed.

4. They lack discipline.

5. They focus on the wrong things.

6. They have low self-esteem.

7. They don't set goals.

8. They are paralyzed by negative programming.

9. They lack knowledge.

10. They give up easily instead of adapting.

great thread and the above list reminds me of someone who betrayed me.
he has all the above mentality because of which he could not do anything. I read another point in this thread wrong friends and they do not find good people.
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hawktom010203

12 years ago

1) Fear of success and/or failure.
2) Lack of understanding about the goal-setting process.
3) Lack of commitment to the goal.
4) Inactivity.
5) Analysis paralysis.
6) Lack of a real destination.
7.) Failing to plan.
8) Having too many goals.
9) Feeling unworthy of the end result.
10) Lack of motivation to change.

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adpulse

12 years ago

Heeding to influence of others.

Many many times in the past I have told someone about some project only for their response to be "thats not possible" or "it can't be done"

Trust me, anything can be achieved if you put your mind to it, because I have done the "impossible" on a number of occasions.

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sash024

12 years ago

Fear of loosing

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AllenYK2

12 years ago

Lack of focus is my main problem.
there just so many things run through my head when I try to complete something.

Thanks, I'm gonna change from now on =))

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Lee A Bracey

12 years ago

LAZY! Let's not forget this one. I am grateful for this forum to encounter like-minded people. I cannot believe the mentality of most people I come into personal contact with these days. If its not delivered on a platter, given for free, or done for you, people don't want to be bothered. If it takes more energy than putting the TV remote down, Don't ask them.

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HolyWarrior

12 years ago

People are also very afraid of making mistakes, of failing... This often keeps them from even taking the first step.

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zahedi117

12 years ago

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azjoemartin

12 years ago

I see this subtle success killer consistently pop up..

You say you're going to try it out...of course that leads me to my favorite quotation...

"Try is a non-committal word that justifies mediocrity and failure".

Fact is, in my opinion, if you're going to try to succeed you've given yourself the excuse up front to fail. After all..you did give it a good try...

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Anna7

12 years ago

those are so true.

I think one more is being too idealistic. Some people expect too much like they're going to succeed immediately, or that everything will go their way. So when things go differently from what they thought, they get frustrated and many aren't able to deal with that.

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sax.sunny

12 years ago

I think, many of these reasons to failure or success are greatly discussed in a book "Think and Grow Rich". In my opinion, one must read that one.

If you are a reader, you should also go for "Law Of Success". Both of them are by Napoleon Hill.

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therenegadeleader

12 years ago

Lack of information as well.

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Larry Carter 12 years ago

The list could go on and on but I think if someone who is starting out and read more than the first 10 they would quit before they even start.
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bangzenk

12 years ago

in my opinion, there are two reasons why people failed:
- too much things without action
- too lazy to start action

then, the only thing to get succeed is action

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rmolina88

12 years ago

Originally Posted by speedbird

1. Lack of consistency
2. Lack of focus
3. Lack of definiteness of purpose
4. 'Get rich quick' mentality
5. Reaping where one has not sowed
6. Overindulgence in sex and drugs
7. Poor time management
8. Lack of continuous self improvement program
9. Lack of passion and drive
10. keeping wrong company

I suffer from all of these except for #6, sadly.

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ryandre

12 years ago

Nice lists guys you've summed up most self help books in a nutshell, easier said than done to be sure. Lack of consistency is definitely a big one, as it cures most other things on that list.

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NatalieJ

12 years ago

I the biggest obstacle is really believing than you can succeed. This comes from lack of:
self esteem, confidence, self worth. It is a major component in procrastination.