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Andrew Carnegie's 45 causes of failure

1. Habit of drifting through life without a definite major purpose
2. Unfavorable physical heredity at birth
3. Habit of meddlesome curiosity into other people’s affairs
4. Inadequate preparation for the work in which one engages
5. Lack of self-discipline
6. Indifference towards opportunities for self-advancement
7. Lack of ambition to aim above mediocrity
8. Ill health (due to wrong thinking, improper diet and exercise)
9. Unfavorable environmental influences (esp during childhood)
10. Lack of persistence in carrying through a finish what one starts
11. Habit of maintaining a negative mental attitude
12. Lack of control of emotions
13. The desire for something for nothing
14. indecision and indefiniteness
15. Fear of poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love, old age, loss of liberty, death
16. Wrong selection for mate in marriage
17. Over caution in business and occupational relationships
18. Excess tendency towards chance
19. Wrong choice of associates in business or occupational work
20. Wrong choice of a vocation or total neglect to make a choice
21. Lack of concentration of effort leading to dissipation of time and energy
22. Habit of indiscriminate spending
23. Failure to budget and use time properly
24. Lack of control of enthusiasm
25. Intolerance, close-mindedness and prejudice
26. Failure to cooperate with others in a spirit of harmony
27. Craving for power or wealth not earned or based on merit
28. Lack of a spirit of loyalty where loyalty is due
29. Egotism and vanity not under control
30. Exaggerated selfishness
31. The habit of creating plans without basing them on known facts
32. Lack of vision and imagination
33. Failure to make mastermind alliance
34. Failure to recognize the existence of and adapting to the power of infinite intelligence
35. Profanity of speech (unclean and undisciplined mind)
36. Speaking before thinking. Talking too much.
37. Covetousness, revenge, and greed
38. A habit of procrastination
39. Speaking slanderously of other people
40. Ignorance of the power of thought & lack of knowledge on the operation of the mind
41. Lack of personal initiative
42. Lack of self-reliance
43. Lack of the qualities of a pleasing personality
44. Lack of faith in oneself, fellow men and God
45. Failure to develop the power of will through voluntary controlled habits of thought

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