The harsh reality of life still stands that not everyone would be successful, not because they are born with ill luck but rather because they don’t toe the line and practices that would lead to success.
Everyone wants to be rich, everyone wants to be successful — but why do people fail miserably in life no matter what they do?
Success never comes easy; its routes are tough and its path rigid — meaning only the ones who are tough can scale through. There are many reasons why not everyone would be successful and I’d share ten of those reasons in this article.
1. NOT EVERYONE IS PERSISTENT AND DETERMINED
The road to success is a very tough one; it’s filled with many hurdles and if you aren’t ready to pass through every hurdle no matter how many times you fail then you aren’t ready to succeed. One thing that separates the successful person from the unsuccessful is their ability to remain persistent and determined and the unwillingness to give up.
However, not many people want to toe this path; worse still, many people even give up after the first attempt of trying — how then can they succeed? If we can all have the drive and persistence of Albert Einstein then almost everyone would be a success.
2. MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AREN’T READY TO WORK HARD
One trait that is common among people is the unwillingness to work hard. There is hardly anything as easy success and if you aren’t ready to work then it means you’re prepared to fail already.
Take a look at people’s working attitude in many firms and you would agree with me that laziness is paramount in today’s society.
Hard work separates the successful man from the unsuccessful man. Imagine a Cristiano Ronaldo that isn’t willing to work hard, or a lazy Bill Gates. Imagine a Serena Williams that would rather sleep than train. If such people were unwilling to work in their respective careers, they would never have been half as successful as they are.
3. PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH DESIRE
Desire is what compels you to work hard; it is what compels you to chase your dreams and be focused about it. Desire is what wakes you up at 5am in the morning; desire won’t let you sleep long and loud all through the night – desire is the only thing that would keep you going even when your body wants you to stop — and sadly enough, people don’t have enough desire. Without desire, you would rarely succeed.
4. PEOPLE HAVE LOW AMBITIONS
There is a saying that you can never get higher than your ambitions and to a reasonable extent that is true. If a college student aims to graduate with a Second Class Lower then he would never get better than that. Your ambitions are what push you to not rest on your oars. If you set low ambitions for yourself then that’s the highest point in life you might ever reach and lots of people make this mistake year in, year out.
5. LACK OF BELIEF
If you don’t believe you can do it then you would never do it. Unknown to us, the mind plays a major part in shaping our destiny. Low self-esteem is a major cause of failure and this bad disease (low self-esteem) is rampant in today’s world.
6. PEOPLE DON’T STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE
Excellence is a key to success — a very important key that attracts success. The biggest hotels, banks, sports persons and companies are where they are because they provide excellence and strive for excellence.
However, failure is at a high because many people aren’t conscious of the importance of excellence — they render lacklustre services and rarely care. You can’t be excellent if you don’t provide excellence, but many people in the world aren’t ready for that.
7. LACK OF FOCUS
There are so many distractions in life and if you get distracted, you can never be successful. Focus is an important element of success, but many people are distracted and carried away easily, accounting for their inability to succeed.
Even if you have every other qualities and lack focus, you would never be successful.
8. BAD HABITS
There are so many habits that are bad and anyone who wants to be successful should be far from them. However, many are victims of certain habits like procrastination and a host of others discussed in 7 habits that can make you unsuccessful in life.
If you have habits that would incite failure then you would most likely fail.
9. PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF FAILURE
The fear of failure would definitely make you fail; it is the beginning of failure. The fear of failure would hinder you from taking bold steps and bold steps are the footprints of successful people.
Many people would rather hide behind a shelf just because they’re scared of failure, and that’s what would make them fail even.
10. PEOPLE DON’T DO WHAT THEY LOVE
Imagine if Bill Gates hated programming, or if Lionel Messi hated football; they probably wouldn’t be this much successful. Many people hate their jobs and their career path, and you can never be successful if you don’t love what you do.
These ten reasons account for why many won’t be successful in life. It isn’t because they lack talent or skills, it isn’t because they are destined to fail, it isn’t because they don’t have what it takes to be a huge success, but it is because they make the wrong decisions and form the bad habits listed above.
Jake