10. Failing to prioritize
Some people think having lots of goals is the best way to ensure success — if one idea
fails, at least there are plenty more in reserve to turn to.
Unfortunately, this sort of wavering can be extremely unproductive.
Warren Buffett has the perfect antidote. Seeing that his personal pilot was not
accomplishing his life goals, Buffett asked him to make a list of 25 things he wanted to
get done before he died. But rather than taking little steps toward completing every one
of them, Buffett advised the pilot to pick five things he thought were most important
and ignore the rest.