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Most people would like more out of life than they already have. Some of them can even define it. Yet, most of them will never achieve it, and it's because they’re so easily stopped.

Just think of all the things you’ve ever wanted to accomplish in your life, and then think why you didn't accomplish them. You would probably say you didn’t try hard enough or you never planned it out properly. But I think it’s because you were stopped by three things that stops more people from being successful than anything else.

In no particular order they are:

1. Fear. Fear of failure is the single, biggest obstacle to our success. Fear is a negative motivator. It paralyzes us. Most people don’t succeed because they are afraid to fail. They are so afraid to fail; they don’t even try; which creates a vicious cycle since the only time we really fail is when we stop trying! Do you really believe that if you keep going out there day after day that you are not at least giving yourself the opportunity to be successful, to be great, to be the best? It is only when we STOP that we take away any opportunity we ever had to be great.

2. Other People. This is a huge obstacle to success. Other people are always so ready, willing and able to tell us "It can’t be done," and stop us from doing all the things we want to do in our lives and careers. They would like you to think they’re acting in your best interest, but they’re not. In fact, too often they’re acting in their own best interest. There are too many people who want to stop you so that you don’t become more successful than they are. They feel it’s easier to keep you down with them, than to get up off their rear ends and join you in achieving success. The next time one of these "Other people," tells you it can’t be done, say to them, "You’re right, you can’t do it, but I can."

3. Habits. Bad habits constantly stop us. The habit of procrastination; laziness; call reluctance; not writing things down and many others. The problem with bad habits is not that we have them; it’s how we try to break them. Habits are not addictions (drinking, drugs, gambling). Addictions have to be stopped cold turkey. Habits can only be changed gradually. After all, you didn’t acquire that bad habit overnight. What makes you think you can change it overnight? Bad habits must be changed a little bit at a time. Mark out one day a week that you won’t procrastinate; make one more sales call a week than you normally would; wake up five minutes earlier every day. Do it for a month, then next month do a little more. Don’t try to break out of your comfort zone, just expand it.

There are no overnight successes. Success is a long journey over a road that has many roadblocks (fear; other people, bad habits). It’s the people that go over around and through those roadblocks who become successful.