Why do a lot of people fail? Understanding the question itself is difficult, we must realize the answer shall change over the course of time, as your opinion changes. Failure is a natural thing. No one has tried something new, and not made a mistake. The failures that people make shape the way to success right? I would agree with that in theory, but I would also argue that repetitive failure will never help you succeed. To fail over and over again, mindlessly repeating a process, is not the quest to success. The true path to success is realizing the mistake you made. Maybe it was an airball in basketball, or maybe it was procrastination to do homework, but you need to see that mistake and fix it Trying half-heartedly to fix something is never enough. You must also understand that leaning on others, and sharing some of that burden is okay. There will be many times, in your life when you have to work with others, and you have to share the workload. The worst thing to do when these times happen, is to let someone else do all the work. If your team succeeds but you did not contribute you have failed in the worst way possible, you have failed yourself. My opinion at the moment, is that many people fail due to a lack of effort. The people that do the bare minimum or nothing at all, have truly failed themselves and I believe they make up the majority of people who fail. I implore anyone who reads this to ask themselves what their opinion on why many people fail. They might be surprised by the answer they come up with.