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Why Having Too Many Goals Is Killing Your Success

Introduction Most people believe that failure comes from a lack of goals.  They think they need more ambition, more plans, and more things to chase.  But in reality, the problem is often the opposite.  People don’t fail because they don’t have goals.  They fail because they have too many.  At first, this may sound strange. After all, having multiple goals feels productive. It gives a sense of direction and purpose. It makes you feel like you are doing something meaningful with your time.  But here’s the truth that many people learn too late:  Too many goals don’t create progress. They create distraction.  And distraction, over time, quietly destroys focus. The Powerful Lesson from Warren Buffett There’s a well-known piece of advice shared by Warren Buffett that perfectly explains this idea.  He suggested a simple exercise:  Write down your top 25 goals.  Then circle your top 5.  It sounds straightforward. Most people can easily...

Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success

Introduction Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 and his family was very poor. He was born and bought up in Virginia, USA. At the age of 13, he started writing for a paper and utilised his earnings to enter into a law school. But shortly he observed that practical implementation of his studies were not reasonable and left his course. He continued his writing and major turning point of his life came when he got an opportunity to interview Mr. Andrew Carnegie. At that time, Mr Carnegie was one of the most powerful personalities in the world. The interview duration ballooned to 3 days period instead of the scheduled 3 hours. Andrew Carnegie offered him a proposal to study and understand success formula of wealthy people but without any payment. Napoleon immediately agreed and started taking interviews of successful people like Thomas Edison, Graham Bell, Henry Ford etc. He observed that every successful perAnson work in line with the 17 principles of success. Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of S...

The Philosophy of Stoicism: Part 2

Introduction On 10 December 1940, a very big explosion happened in West Orange, New Jersey. Immediately 8 fire vehicles rushed to the site. This fire happened due to a chemical explosion in the 10 Factory building of Thomas Alva Edison. Initially, Edison tried very hard to douse the fire and was running from here and there. But when he realized that there is no benefit of running as fire already gutted his whole factory then he started watching the scene. He also called his son, wife, and other family members to the burning site. He told them that it is a very rare event and they will not see such fire again. The next day he accepted the interview with New York Times and told the reporter that he is ready to build everything again. Edison was 67 years old at that time and this story is a perfect example of stoicism. Here he implemented the fourth core value of stoicism. Stoicism is a philosophy of ancient Athens scholars but it is a pearl of timeless wisdom. Many great personalities us...