This document lists 11 reasons for failure in one's career and personal development, including not acting on information from self-help books, being unable to envision oneself as successful, preferring television over self-improvement, lacking clear goals, seeing commuting time as unproductive, prioritizing immediate enjoyment over long-term goals, focusing on spending rather than saving from salary increases, believing one needs money to make money, worrying more about job security than happiness, worrying what others may think about self-development activities, and never pursuing dreams due to lack of follow-through.