Chapter Four

What is Holding us Back

• The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. -Franklin D. Roosevelt

Failure- 20 Reasons Why We Don't Achieve Excellence

• Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears but we never use it. -Charles Schultz

1. Unwillingness to take Risks.
2. Lack of Persistence.

• A man is a hero not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for ten minutes longer. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

     3. Instant Gratification.

     4. Lack of Priorities.

     5. Looking for shortcuts.

     6. Selfishness and Greed.

     7. Lack of Conviction.

• If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right. -Henry Ford

    8. Lack of Understanding of Nature's Law.

• All progress is change but all change is not progress.
• Success is not a matter of luck, but of laws. Law of cause and effect. It is like the law of Physics. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
• A man's mind is like a garden. If we plant good seeds, we will have a good garden. But if we don't plant anything, something will grow and that will be weeds. That is nature's law. Furthermore, even if we plant good seeds, weeds would still grow. The process of weeding goes on forever. The same holds true in our lives.

Our Thoughts are Causes;

You sow a thought, you reap an action.

You sow an action, you reap a habit.

You sow a habit, you reap a character.

You sow a character, you reap a destiny.

It all starts with a thought.

    9. Unwillingness to Plan and Prepare.

• Everyone has a will to to win but very few have the will to prepare to win. -Vince Lombardi

Preparation=Purpose+Principle+Planning+practice+Perseverance+Patience+pride.

   10. Rationalizing.

   11. Not learning form Past Mistakes.

• While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. -Henry C.Link

   12. Inability to Recognize Opportunity.

   13. Fear;

                 F=False

                 E=Evidence

                 A=Appearing

                 R=Real

   14. Inability to use Talent.

   15. Lack of Discipline.

• You have a choice in life: You can either pay the price of discipline or regret. -Tim Connor

   16. Poor Self-Esteem.

   17. Lack of Knowledge.

• Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. -Will Durant

   18. Fatalistic Attitude.

• Weak minded people fall easy prey to fortune-tellers, horoscope and self-proclaimed God men who are sometimes conman.

   19. Lack of Purpose.

• Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. -Washington Irving

   20. Lack of Courage.