What is Failure?

According to Arianna Huffington; Failure is not the opposite of Success but, the part to Success. In other words, failure is when you stop trying.

Here are some reasons why people fail in life.

1. Lack of motivation.

2. Lack of proper knowledge.

3. Looking at the past.

4. Fear of trying new things.

5. Lack of self - discipline.

6. Lack of innovation.

7. Jack of all trade.

8. Poor of Confidence.

9. Lack of patient.

10. Lack of interest.

11. Giving up after not seeing immediate results.

12. Inability to differentiate between the useful and the useless.

13. Having wrong strategy.

14. Listening to bad advice.

15. They quit.

16. Procrastination.

17.Lack of focus.

18. Lack of persistence.

19. Lack of planning.

20. Following the crowd.

21. Choosing wrong association or team.

22. Inaction is also a reason why people fail in life.

23. No back-up plan

24. Lack of Faith and gratitude.

25. Lack of desire and passion.

1. Risk taking the road less traveled. The road less traveled is a scary road to take. It hasn’t been worn in by previous footsteps, so getting lost is a cinch. The brush has never been trimmed or tended to, so you’re likely to get caught on a branch and stuck in places for a while. The roads less traveled haven’t yet been mapped out and, therefore, the only thing you really have to go on in hopes of reaching your destination is your intelligence, your logic, perseverance, and a bit of luck. However, the road less traveled has much richer plunders. You risk never getting there, but once you do, it’s well worth your trouble. 

2. Risk getting turned down. That girl at the bar, any girl at the bar, might turn you down. The same goes for whenever you are asking anything of anyone. More often than not, we get turned down not because of us, but because of the individual that is rejecting our request. It doesn’t matter whether you are trying to get someone’s number or asking them to pass you a napkin – you’ll always meet that jerk who will refuse to even pay you any attention. Because we hate being rejected – our damn egos at it again – we often fail to even ask. If you don’t ask then you won’t be answered. If you don’t ask then you’re basically still getting answered no, but you yourself are moving any chance of receiving a yes. 

3. Risk not getting the job. We won’t always be the best qualified. We won’t always be the smartest, brightest or best fit for the job. And there will also be times when we are best suited for the position and we still get turned down. That’s simply the way life is, but you still need to put yourself on the line and risk being turned down for your dream position. Often times, people get hired simply because they seem hungry and seem like they’ll get along very well with the rest of the team. Experience isn’t always the determining factor. Risking not getting the job is the same as risking actually landing it. 

4. Risk failing. Failing is both the worst and best thing that can happen to you. When you don’t fail, you succeed. When you do fail, you succeed at figuring out another way of not doing it – it just doesn’t feel quite as good. We too often allow our emotions to get in the way of logic. If you don’t risk failing, then you can’t succeed. Success requires risking failure – that is true 100 percent of the time. 

5. Risk putting it all on the line. If we do things right, there will be a time in our lives that we will have to decide whether or not we want to put it all on the line and roll the dice. My suggestion is to do so and to do so earlier on in life. The later you risk losing everything, the more difficult it will be to bounce back. The biggest rewards often require the largest risks. Just be smart about it and make sure you know exactly what you are risking and exactly what you would be getting as a reward.