A step by step tool for top achievers

11. Not Learning from Past Mistakes
People who do not learn lessons from history are doomed. Failure is a teacher if we have
the right attitude. Failure is a detour, not a dead end. It is a delay, not a defeat.
Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.
Some people live and learn, and some only live. Wise people learn from their mistakes
wiser people learn from other people's mistakes. Our lives are not long enough to learn
only from our own mistakes.

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12. Inability to Recognize Opportunity
Opportunities come disguised as obstacles. That is why most people don't recognize
them. Remember that the bigger the obstacle, the bigger is the opportunity.
13. Fear
Fear can be real or imaginary. It makes people do strange things and primarily comes
because of a lack of understanding. To live in fear is like being in an emotional prison.
Fear results in insecurity, lack of confidence, procrastination. Fear destroys our potential
and ability. We cannot think straight. It ruins relationships and health.
Some of the common fears are:
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fear of failing
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fear of the unknown
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fear of being unprepared
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fear of making the wrong decision
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fear of rejection
Some fears can be described, others felt. Fear leads to anxiety, which in turn leads to
irrational thinking, which actually sabotages our solution to the problem. The normal
response to fear is escape. Escape puts us in our comfort zone and reduces the impact
temporarily, while keeping the cause. Imaginary fear magnifies the problem. Fear can get
out of hand and destroy happiness and relationships.
Fear of failure often can be worse than failure itself. Failure is not the worst thing that
could happen to someone. People who don't try have failed before attempting. When
infants learn to walk, they keep falling; but to them it is not failing so they get up. If they
got disheartened, they would never walk. It is better to die on one's feet than to live with
fear on one's knees.