What does the proverb "Every man is his own worst enemy" mean?

Question

What does the proverb "Every man is his own worst enemy" mean?

Answer 1

that means you must not blame anyone from your mistakes,it is all your fault and when you do something,it is only you yourself that makes it harder by thinking that it is hard.

Answer 2

That means the only person that you really have to worry about 'getting under your skin' ironically is yourself.....no one else should be your enemy...you do have to worry about yourself though

Answer 3

whatever things you want to do...whatever you want to accomplish, theoretically there will always be someone or something in the way of you getting or doing it. I would say at first thought, you think of an outside force being the one who is trying to stop or prevent you from doing it. But most of the time it is yourself...the story you tell yourself why you cant do it, the fact that you dont give yourself the time to do it, the procrastination, the desire to do something else, the limitng beliefs. You would probably get furious if someone else was stopping you from doing the things you want to do, but when you do it to yourself, its different. You should get mad at yourself...because you are the one standing in the way of your "success"...you are your own worst enemy. Thats what I alway stook from it.