Why We Fail
by Bert Oliva
If you look deeply at the failures of various people, including yourself, you will see that each failure more than likely is due to one of three things: ego, greed, or significant other.
Ego – When we are two prideful or worried about how we appear, we tend to miss opportunities right in front of us.
Greed – Money is like energy, the more we work with it and give and receive it, the more we attract. When we just hold onto our wealth, we stifle our growth and money stops flowing to us.
Significant Other – When we allow our feelings for our significant other to rule how we choose to live our lives and the decisions we make, failure is almost guaranteed.
We each have at least one of these aspects in our lives. Many of us will have two or even three of them. None of them are necessarily bad. In fact, we all need all three. We need to have some ego and be proud of who we are, what we do, and what we stand for. We need to be a little greedy too. If we never put our needs first, then we will never be able to take care of ourselves let alone anyone else in our lives. And having someone we can share our life with—whether that person is a significant other or just a good friend—is something we all crave and need as human beings.
The problem comes when we allow any of these aspects of our lives to overwhelm the rest of our lives. The secret to success is to be able to balance these aspects with all the other aspects of our lives.
Now, it’s time for you to take an honest inventory of your life. Which of these three aspects are taking up too much of your energy? If it is more than one, choose just one to work on. Start making small changes to balance this aspect.
Remember, you reap what you sow. Once you master balance within these aspects of your life you will see a major change in the quality of your life.
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” –Albert Einstein
Live Life,
Bert Oliva
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