If you want to see more money, riches, abundance and success in your life, you must give up your Excuses to not having it.  Napoleon Hill wrote in his book Think and Grow Rich there are 31 major reasons people fail to become successful. Although this book was written in 1937 the reasons remain basically the same today.  These 31 reasons can be broken down into four areas.    Do you recognize yourself?

Lack of Vision

This is the number one reason people do not see the abundance or success they desire in their life.  Without a clear road map of where you are going, a picture in your mind of what you desire the most in life, rather than what you don’t want, creates fuzziness and lack of clarity.  The result is no ambition, no drive towards the vision, lack of self-discipline, procrastination, trying lots of things and never landing on one, and all this results in mediocrity.  Perhaps you are a good starter and a poor finisher.  You give up at the first sign of defeat.  Your vision will pull you rather than the pain pushing you away from your vision.  There is absolutely nothing more critical to having success, money and happiness to creating a compelling vision.

Blame

Blaming your lack of success on outside influences is so easy because it appears to be the reality you live.  I can’t count the number of adults who are living as an 8 year old, blaming their unhappy childhood, not coming from the right family, lack of education, a bad marriage, bad business partners, your health or lack of capital to get started will keep you stuck forever.  No circumstance outside of you can keep you from your vision or your success.  Countless examples abound of incredibly successful people who never went to college, had horrific health challenges, no money to begin with and either came from a bad marriage or business partnership to create wealth and abundance beyond measure. Top three Oprah Winfrey, J.R. Martinez and J. K. Rowling.

Distraction

Addictions are the most distracting of all the reasons people do not achieve their success.  Addition can come in the form of heroin, television or an I Phone.  If you are distracted by uncontrolled sexual urges, substances, over spending or too much exercise you take your focus off of your vision of success.  Where ever you place the majority of your focused energy will expand.  So take a moment and see where you are placing your attention.  Is it your success or the “bright shiny object”?

Personality

When you are sad, depressed, uncooperative, intolerant, untrustworthy, egotistical, or just plain unhappy you repel other people and thereby money and success.  Just thinking positive will not create a change in this mind set.  You must see life through a lense of optimism and creativity.  These feelings cannot live together with negativity and angst.  Finding the good in the everyday experience is the trait of every successful being.

Once you shine a light on your excuse you can begin to see it is not the truth of who you are and dissolve it.  It is only then that wealth and abundance can flow easily into your life.

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