“If we are born poor, it is not our fault, but if we die poor, it is!”…… Bill Gates
Lack of a Definite
Purpose, Goal or Chief Aim in life: No
one can ever hope to succeed in any endeavor by drifting through life without any
aim or purpose. That is, without the pursuit of a Definite Goal. You must
assume the mentality of the Archer if you need to succeed in life. The Archer
trains for years just to be able to hit the bull’s eye within an hour of
competition. It is this singular purpose that propels him to train hard so as
to succeed at competition proper. It is the same in life. “Drifting people are like rudderless
ships and all the voyages of their lives are bound in shallows and
miseries.” Anyone, who has nothing to aim at in life, is clearly courting
poverty.
Lack of Ambition to
move past Mediocrity: This is
closely related to the first. People who lack a Definite Purpose hardly have
any ambition to pursue. Ambition fuels the train of desire, increases drive and
the will to achieve. Anyone who lacks this drive can hardly achieve anything
worthwhile and may not be able to make money and live a good life.
Negative Mental
Attitude: If you think you can,
you can. If you think you can’t, you certainly can’t. The mind makes the man or
woman. A Positive Mental Attitude energizes and increases drive for
achievement. It increases productivity, improves quality of work and reduces
stress. A Negative Mental Attitude which induces ill-health, envy, jealousy,
bitterness, purposeless-ness and stressful life breeds poverty. A Negative
Mental Attitude is avoidable by deliberate choice.
