They don’t realise that they have failed to begin with by not having any Goals. 3. Fear of success — A low self-image or fear of having to live up to their success causes some people to fear success. 4. A lack of ambition. Our limited thinking prevents us from progress. There was a fisherman who, every time he caught a big fish, would throw it back into the river, keeping only the smaller ones. A man watching this unusual behavior asked the fisherman why he was doing this. The fisherman replied, “Because I have a small frying pan.” Most people never make it big in life because they are carrying a small frying pan. That is limited thinking.

An abundance of commonsense is called wisdom.

In a positive environment, a marginal performer’s output goes up. In a negative environment, a good performer’s output goes down.