For a lot of people, making any kind of change is extremely intimidating because it looks like a long road ahead that they’re not sure they’re ready to start walking down But the truth is that it doesn’t have to be that way

One of the most common hurdles that I’ve seen people face when trying to make positive changes in their lives is the tendency to set unrealistic goals for themselves Goals that aren’t really achievable in the amount of time that they’ve allotted

I’ve been talking a lot recently about the different barriers that we create for ourselves that prevent our success, so I thought I’d continue in that vein today by talking about another huge obstacle: our fear of failure It’s a fear that seems at once both reasonable and unreasonable

I guess almost everyone has their “two kinds of people in this world” saying that they like to invoke whenever the occasion arrives, and I have to say, I’m no exception In my opinion there are two kinds of people in this world: Those who do things, and those who complain when things aren’t done

If you’re like almost everyone else in the world, then you’ve probably experienced that moment when you stop and wonder where the time went, and how you could have missed the last few weeks or months or more It’s definitely hit me on many occasions, and what’s more, it seems like the older you get, the faster time goes

One of the most common problems I see - if not the single most common problem - that stops people from pursuing their goals toward a better life comes when they have to deal with the opinions of those around them Their friends and family

I’ve talked at length in the past about setting realistic goals, and planning each step of your self improvement journey intelligently and carefully, but I think that I’ve failed to mention one very important point that needs to be mentioned And it’s this: That doesn’t mean that there’s actually a greater end goal

Is it just me, or are there way too many people around who seem to be way too sensitive about, you know, everything There’s a weird phenomenon these days – and maybe always – where it seems like we live in a constant state of being ready to be offended, and as a result, a constant state of trying not to offend anyone

You might be wondering, “What the hell does that mean” Well, for starters, I don’t mean “crazy” in real clinical terms

Just a few days ago, I was looking over some of the articles I’ve written recently, just to kind of give myself a quick recap of what I’ve been babbling on about, and I got a thought into my head that maybe it would be helpful to everyone if I could summarize a lot of it into one article and create a list of some of the main problems that stop people from trying to make positive changes in their lives and, therefore, how they screw their lives up as a result