What is holding us back?

Posted on 11 Dec, 2007 by Scott under Personality Development

What would happen if you rode your car with the brakes on? You’d never get full speed because the brakes would offer resistance. Your car would overheat and breakdown. If it didn’t break down , the resistance would strain the engine.

To get to your destination, you would have to make one of the two choices:
1)You would either press the accelerator and rick damage ,or
2) or release the car to go faster.

This analogy is a good parallel to life because many of us go through life with our emotional brakes on. What are the brakes ? They are the factors that prevent you from achieving success – fear , procrastination, lack of pride< and so forth. The way to release your your emotional brakes is by building a positive attitude and high self-esteem and by accepting responsibility.

Failure- 20 reasonswhy we don’t attain excellence .
There are twenty factors that can cause you to fail. By working to overcome these factors, you can release the brakes that are holding back your success.

1. Unwillingness to Take Risks.
2. Lack of persistence.
3. Instant Gratification.
4. Lack of priorities.
5. Looking for Shortcuts.
6. Selfishness and Greed.
7. Lack of Conviction.
8. Lack of Understanding of Nature’s Law.
9. Unwillingness to plan and prepare.
10. Rationalizing.
11. Not learning from past mistakes.
12. Inability to recognize Opportunity.
13. Fear.
14. Inability to use Talent.
15. Lack of Discipline.
16. Poor Self-Esteem.
17. Lack of Knowledge.
18. Fatalistic Attitude.
19. Lack of Purpose.
20. Lack of Courage.

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Horny Ang Moh December 11, 2007

Hallo! Very true what u have written! BTW tq for dropping at my site! Have a nice day!


rampantheart December 12, 2007

How true!


aksn1p3r December 15, 2007

alot of facts that i wil be reckoning with in relation to my posts’ content and quality!


moserw July 13, 2008

Quite true what you say. You have to let go and reach out or else you will seldom achieve what you desire.

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Pweng Bee July 23, 2008

Although I haven’t used my time wisely, I know I can attain excellence because I am willing to take risks. I am persistent to reach my goals and made a conviction that no matter what happens, even no one believes in me, I will still go on with my life.

Now that I have learned from my mistakes, I carefully plan and prepare for a better future. I am studying on my own and share to everyone what I think can help them attain excellence.

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