7 Things That Will Keep You From Being Successful
Avoid these behaviors that can hold you back from success.
"Success is not so much what we have as it is what we
are." --Jim Rohn
There's
no one secret to success, but it doesn't happen by accident, either. Successful
people work hard at themselves and their business.
Importantly, they learn to stop hindering their efforts by avoiding these seven
things:
Sure, it's important to understand
your mistakes and failures and learn from them. Dwelling on them, however, is a
sure way to make yourself unable to move forward.
Stop looking back, and file those
lessons you've learned. You'll need them on your path to success.
Look up to people who are successful
in your space, whether in work or in life. Keep jealousy and envy in check.
Here's what you should do: Emulate
them. Analyze what they've done right and how you can use their teachings to
propel you to success of your own. But beware the negativity that festers
inside if you allow yourself to get envious--there's a reason they call envy
the green-eyed monster.
3.
Surrounding themselves with turkeys
There's an old saying a friend in
college shared with me: You can't soar like an eagle if you're surrounded by a bunch
of turkeys.
Avoid negative people, complainers,
and those who suck the life out of you by taking without giving. It's hard to
move forward with your plans when you're constantly bombarded by the negativity
of people around you. Instead, surround yourself with successful, positive
people.
It's good to have a plan and to
revisit it from time to time to ensure you're on track. However,
second-guessing and questioning every decision you make will keep you firmly in
first gear, spinning your wheels.
Trust in your own experience and
abilities. Remember all those lessons you learned and filed away? They're
driving your every decision, whether you realize it or not. Don't become so
paralyzed with overthinking and analysis that you can't act on what you need to
do to experience success.
5.
Becoming complacent
It's one thing to experience
happiness and be content with yourself--that's a really good thing. But don't
let yourself get so comfortable that you're not hungry for change.
If you didn't need to change
anything, you would already be wildly successful. What you're doing today
can always be improved on and expanded.
Keep your hunger sharp and your
drive strong. You can always afford to learn something new.
Again, having a plan is great, and
it's important that you have a clear vision of how it's going to play out. If
you find yourself constantly talking about the plan without making any
meaningful achievements toward accomplishing it, you're guilty of not
walking your walk.
In business, we often have to talk a
big game, but that can't be all there is to it. Set clear, measurable goals to
ensure you're always moving forward.
As much as we recite the old
mantra "Money won't buy you happiness," most of us (especially
in business) still default to money as the primary measure of success.
Whether you're an entrepreneur or an
employee, your revenue or salary can drive a lot of your feeling of self-worth--if
you let it.
Focus instead on providing a great
service, building a better product, inspiring others on your team. There are a
million ways to measure success, but focusing on money as a metric is sure to
bring a constant feeling that you're less than worthy. That's not a place from
which to build a successful anything.
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