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What's your worst fault, what's holding you back?

From the lens 101 Success Tips to Get your Life/Career/Dream Back on Track.

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rodabisnis May 23, 2012 @ 6:45 am | delete

nice lens, thanks for sharing

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GaryHollingsworth May 17, 2012 @ 10:42 pm | delete

If you can change your thinking, you can change your life.

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minerva19 May 16, 2012 @ 7:37 am | delete

Very useful information for me and thank you for such a good lens.record, thanks for info.

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yingliu May 16, 2012 @ 1:17 am | delete

like to put off what today i should do until tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow and so on...

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Frederick Owen Apr 21, 2012 @ 9:20 pm | delete

I hate my life because of previous failures:(:(:(:(:(

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mayank parmar Apr 20, 2012 @ 4:20 am | delete

procrastination

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willy Apr 2, 2012 @ 12:48 am | delete

Hi, i'm 15, a huge procrastinator, and have no real goal in life. I will probably fail freshmen year, not because i'm dumb, but because my lazyness gets the better of me. I guess my real problem is that I have no idea what i'm going to do with my life. I believe that this is what triggers my procrastination, which triggers a depression because of the negative effects of the procrastination and the fact that I have no real guidance. Any advice? Malleyg202@gmail.com

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Rose Mar 27, 2012 @ 9:42 am | delete

I just feel stuck! My job I have is great because I have a lot of time off ,the bad thing is it's not me. i am a school nurse and really not the adrenaline type personality. And sometimes theirs a lot of down time! I really like to be up and moving keeping busy. So hard to change jobs though.

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down_so_low Mar 23, 2012 @ 8:47 pm | delete

I am afraid of what people will say about me. I drag around a lot of negative baggage from past failures and old wounds. I need to reinvent myself, but don't now how. I'm depressed and have no real friends in my life. I want to change everything about myself, but there's so many things wrong in my life that I am overwhelmed and do no know where to begin...so I do nothing ad contnue to sink in the mire.

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goo2eyes Mar 15, 2012 @ 8:21 pm | delete

when i can't finish a project, i am frustrated. i want to review my lenses but i cannot do it. time is lacking. thank you for sharing this lens and i'm sharing also some angel blessings.

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Caralena Mar 15, 2012 @ 10:47 am | delete

Personally my issue throughout my life has been lack of support. People have put me down. Peers, teachers, siblings. Those harsh circumstances at such a young age really effect a persons drive. What is the point of finishing high school if you're life has been nothing but a mockery from the start? That is what I asked myself a few years ago when I was a lonely, depressed 16-year-old. I believed people. I felt I had no where to go with life. Now 5 years later I finally realize I shouldn't have listened. You are what you make of yourself, not what others say you are. Now here I am a high school drop out with no real idea of how to be successful. These words are quite inspirational. I want very badly to make my life meaningful and not continue wasting it away at a Wendy's in West Virginia. I only wish more people could reach out to people in need like this site has.

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charmaine c Feb 28, 2012 @ 8:16 am | delete

Ever since i had my 3 year old son my social life crashed, my energy just disappeared and im constantly thinking about all the awesome things i could be doing but i never have the motivation to do any of them!
I'm 20 and i feel like I've failed before I've even begun..... life is right at my fingertips but i just cant seem to get to it.

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sanju Feb 26, 2012 @ 12:06 pm | delete

i don't no wt iz the purpose of my life???? .,,coz m not making my self decision ....

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gypsyman27 Feb 20, 2012 @ 2:07 pm | delete

I need to find that perfect project and get the energy and motivation to get the work done. See you around the galaxy...

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blahsurvivor Feb 16, 2012 @ 1:46 pm | delete

I used to be motiviated and like going to work & did over time and wrote constantly ... but lately I just want to stay home and do nothing and worry about nothing. I don't write I can't seem to sit down and do it. I dread going to work & feel like I'm making myself sick litterally

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lawrence01 Feb 3, 2012 @ 1:09 am | delete

Lots of ideas, very little funds. Looking for ways to maske them happen without the funds, or ways to build the funds that aren't reliant on outside sources (that's why i like Squidoo)

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InspirationbyDmarie Jan 31, 2012 @ 1:56 pm | delete

always seem to put things off...URGGG

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kathysart Jan 20, 2012 @ 10:05 pm | delete

Arms UP.. couch potato at times

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BusyMOM Jan 8, 2012 @ 12:52 pm | delete

Thanks for some very helpful ideas!

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WaynesWorld Dec 30, 2011 @ 11:33 pm | delete

I remember hearing Tony Robbins talk about our ritual of procrastination, "You start out creating a lofty goal. Being a perfectionist you have to wait to start until you can do everything right and perfect. At the last minute you try one little thing and fail. Then you berate yourself for failing."(paraphrased)

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Dec 16, 2011 @ 1:15 pm | delete

Had to save this lens so I can refer back to it! Some great ideas and resources!

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BuddyBink Dec 7, 2011 @ 8:07 pm | delete

Procrastination, just keep putting it off until it is too late and then it is too late.

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DoAwesomeThings Nov 23, 2011 @ 11:41 am | delete

It's funny how all the poll options are different... but they're all the same issue. So obviously all these 'symptoms' come from the same problem. Is it depression and medical, or is it in the way we think and our thought processes? I'm convinced that it's the latter of the two, and people call this a chemical imbalance/depression these days. Because I remember when I had plenty of money and savings, was in my last year of the Navy, and had a fun beautiful girlfriend. I was VERY optimistic about the future and confident/happy. Well I got out, stopped working, started gambling and smoking. Now, three years later I'm broke, 'depressed', lazy, sad and no real girlfriend. And trying to find my passion in life again. So my advice is, it's all the actions we do, which lead to our thought processes and determination. The energy and good feelings will follow, as confidence grows in your accomplishments in life. SO it's more of a cart before the horse type thing... fixing your depression won't allow you to live the life you want. Living the life you want will fix your depression. Good luck -Ken 29

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JoeCinocca Nov 12, 2011 @ 7:08 pm | delete

For me, it's not how many times I've been knocked down. It's how many times I get back up and dust off. I can't even count how many ideas I've had or things I've tried. Fear of failure is no longer on my radar or a concern. I just keep plugging away and hope for the best. I really enjoyed this lens. Thanks for putting it together.

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JoeCinocca Nov 12, 2011 @ 7:08 pm | delete

For me, it's not how many times I've been knocked down. It's how many times I get back up and dust off. I can't even count how many ideas I've had or things I've tried. Fear of failure is no longer on my radar or a concern. I just keep plugging away and hope for the best. I really enjoyed this lens. Thanks for putting it together.

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TryphenaMaria Nov 11, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete

This is a great one! thank you.

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questionman Nov 3, 2011 @ 12:01 pm | delete

That's right. Financial success does not mean you feel successful in life. It's a big difference.

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meisgood132 Sep 18, 2011 @ 7:32 am | delete

Excellent idea for a lens.

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Morgannafay Aug 30, 2011 @ 2:12 am | delete

Most of the people close to me, either don't take me seriously, doesn't understand what I do, doesn't see what I do as work, then there is one which I shall not name that resents the crap out of what I do, and when I do it, while at the same time will praise it to other people, which is more weird. So, I voted negative people. (I hope the negative nelly's don't read this LOL) I SAID IT! IN public! HEH! Oh burn out is the second problem.

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neetha Aug 24, 2011 @ 6:30 am | delete

what i have selected " not found my life's purpose" ... ya actually i don't know y i live .. y to leave ?

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MaxL Jul 12, 2011 @ 4:47 am | delete

mmm, I'll try not to procrastinate, but that's a tough one :)

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Khaleeka Aug 2, 2011 @ 3:29 pm | delete

LOL...too true!...actually, I should be working on a lens now, oops!

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ChrisDiamond Jul 11, 2011 @ 2:40 pm | delete

Great insights can be derived from this pool :-)

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CCGAL Jul 8, 2011 @ 2:41 pm | delete

Good poll ... seems you covered nearly all the bases.

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jaye5500 Jun 3, 2011 @ 6:26 pm | delete

This isn't single person that cannot relate to what is written in this lens thus far!

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accfuller May 8, 2011 @ 11:02 am | delete

I think everybody could use this at some time in their lives!

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May 7, 2011 @ 5:03 am | delete

Great lens it was very helpful, thanks for liking my lens buy the way

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COUNTRYLUTHIER Feb 27, 2011 @ 9:13 pm | delete

That poll certainly has most of the success ills I know of. I had to say ouch for most of them.