| I've been researching the question, 'Why do people | | | | above,giving yourself a ranking from 1 to 10 on each |
| fail?'for over 15 years. | | | | of them withreference to your goal. 1 is the lowest |
| In that time I've discovered some very concrete | | | | score; |
| reasonswhy people do not reach their goals. | | | | 10 is the highest score. |
| Here are the Top 8 reasons why people fail: | | | | For example, you might give yourself an 8 ontime |
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| Inability to express ideas in meetings | | | | personalresearch, trial and error, and refining success |
| Lack of self-assertiveness | | | | strategies. |
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| People are working on the wrong things;they choose | | | | here: |
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| Now, walk yourself through every factor I've listed | | | | |