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Have you read the book ‘Think & Grow Rich’?

If you’re a regular visitor to Wealthy Gorilla, then you must have read the book by now!

Think & Grow Rich, written by Napoleon Hill, is considered one of the best self-development books of all time.

The book teaches the 13 principles of turning your desires into riches and contains numerous golden nuggets you can use to transform your life…

The 30 Major Causes of Failure

Within one of the chapters of Think & Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill lists the 30 major causes of failure. These are the reasons why 99% of people are failing in their lives.

The purpose of featuring and explaining these ‘major causes of failure’ within this article is to show you why people fail and how you can avoid doing the same thing in your own life.

Here are the 30 major causes of failure as described by Napoleon Hill:

1. Unfavourable Hereditary Background

The reason why this was put first on the list is because Hill says it’s one of the toughest issues for people to overcome.

This basically means that someone is perhaps not naturally intelligent and lacks certain brainpower. They can take all the measures needed to improve their knowledge and become smarter, but they are still at a disadvantage.

2. Lack of a Well Defined Purpose in Life

If you don’t have a definitive goal that you’re setting out to achieve, a purpose that you’re trying to fill, you won’t become successful. You have nothing to hit, nothing to aim at. And therefore your direction is unidentified.

3. Lack of Ambition to Aim Above Mediocrity

There are many reasons why people might not have the ambition to aim above mediocrity. Whether it’s that they’re too lazy, too comfortable, too spoilt, or have no belief in “success”.

If you never have the ambition to aim higher, you will never achieve more than average.

How many major causes of failure have you been guilty of? Leave a comment below.