Three Reasons People Struggle to Attain Success

What is Success? The Universal definition of the word itself is: 'The accomplishment of an aim or purpose."

The reasons most people struggle to become successful is because they do not have an aim or purpose.  They want the results or the benefits of the aim without the aim itself.  You see, if you go about throwing a ball in the air without aiming at the net, by chance it may fall through the net. But nine times out of ten, I guarantee you; it will not even come close to the net, let alone falling through it. Too many of us go about life aimlessly living our lives by chance. Even the Bible tells us that by the sweat of our brow we shall eat bread. Meaning, one must do something purposefully, to get what they want in life. Without further ado, here are the three reasons people struggle so much to get success:

Too focus on results

Result without strategy is aimless. You must have a concrete plan of action together with a fall back plan, in the event the concrete plan fails to set or gets muddled. We must also learn to let go of that “want it yesterday” attitude.  Patience is a true virtue. We must learn to persevere and be persistent. Time is the master they say. When you are too focused on results as oppose to the process or the journey, you tend to implement a poorly results-oriented system or situation that normally results in things falling through the cracks. When that happens and results do not come fast enough, we get frustrated with the process and do what comes next.

Jump ship prematurely

Like the saying goes, “rolling stones gather no moss.” When we are not focused, we tend to get bored easily and jump around from one idea to the next, with no real sense of commitment. In other words, we are not committed to our commitments. When we have a real purpose or goal, we tend to not jump ship a often. We stay devoted to the task at hand and place all our attention to that one thing, regardless of what’s going on in our surroundings—we stick to it!  Remember, boredom is the mother of all inventions, so hang tight! Hang in there and don’t ever give up. 

“Often, people give up without knowing success was just around the corner; if they had only preserved a little longer, if they had only tried one more time, they could have succeed.”― Ashley Ormon, God in Your Morning

Lack of clarity

To go after anything in life with blindfolds on is utter madness. In order to attain success, you need a clear vision of what you say you want to accomplish. You must be able to see your way for miles—you must have that 20/20 vision of what you hope to attain.  I know this sound contrary to the doctrine of faith, “taking the first step without seeing the staircase”.  What I am talking about here is that inner vision that makes dreams into reality—not confusion or bewilderment. Where you kind of know what you want, but not sure.  Or the “I hear you can make a lot of money doing so and so…” or ‘someone wants or thinks you should do it” that is just vague and confusing.  To overcome this symptom, you must apply the 3(W)+H rule (what, why, when, and how) to gain success.

In order to attain success, it is imperative that we first identify and define precisely what it is we want to accomplish, develop a stick-to-itiveness, and then go after it with a vengeance.

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