Why People Fail
The 16 Obstacles to Success and How You Can Overcome Them
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Narrated by:
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Charles Carroll
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By:
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Siimon Reynolds
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An essential guide for mastering failure in order to achieve your goals....
Success is often just a moment - a goal fulfilled, soon to be replaced with new goals. But failure is the ambitious person's constant companion, often dogging us for months, years, or even decades before we finally reach our aim. In the groundbreaking book Why People Fail, Siimon Reynolds, one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, explores the main causes of failure, in any field, and reveals solutions for overcoming them and creating a successful personal and professional life. Why People Fail offers strategies and ideas for defeating the 16 most common failure habits such as destructive thinking, low productivity, stress, fixed mindset, lack of daily rituals, and more.
- Outlines the common habits that lead to failure and shows how to overcome them.
- Features dozens of tips and exercises to help increase business and personal success.
- Written by Siimon Reynolds, an internationally recognized expert on high performance and business excellence.
Many people have changed their lives by mastering just one of the timeless principles in this book. Master five or ten and your life will rocket to a totally new level.
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- Scott
- 03-23-23
Very broad, but good points to set up for success
I guess the title 'Why People Fail' is supposed to be more catchy than '16 Habits for Success'. I had the mindset that this book would present what to do to be successful based on failure patterns, but this was a straight forward '16 tips for success'. Some of the points are very good (write down your life purpose and your work purpose - though it did not mention taking the next step to write down a plan for the very next steps to take to further your purpose), some are very basic (sleep 8 hrs, exercise), and some were not realistic for average folks (hire an assistant). Overall it was a concise set of good advice, easy to listen to and review again (though a print version would be better for that purpose).
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-21
easy to follow and understand.
love the logic and simplicity of of why people fail. I enjoyed every chapter and listened to it three times because it made so much sense. and even listened too particular chapters that kept me motivated while working. and I past it on to my children a most read!
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- Lee
- 07-31-22
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Speakers breathing distracting. (Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.)
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- Melissa Joy Williams
- 10-09-23
Repetitive. Some chapters are literally just summaries of other books
Repetitive. Some chapters are literally just summaries of other books. I thought it’d be more cases if people failing, what led to the failure and maybe the different positive/negative outcomes. Nope. Basic habit book.
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