10 Bad Habits That Stop People From Achieving Success
“I would be so successful if
someone just gave me a shot!”
Many people out there have mindsets and attitudes that set them up for
failure. When confronted with possible reasons for failure, or a lack of
personal success, they often end up just making excuses. Here are
10 particular bad habits that keep those people from achieving
success.
1. Loafing
They’ll write that novel just as soon as they’re done with
their favorite show. Oh, but now they’re hungry. They’ll get started after
a snack. Oh, but now that snack has made them sleepy–a little nap couldn’t
hurt, right?
One of the hardest, and the most obvious, parts of achieving success is
the actual work. Procrastinating, making excuses or tricking
themselves into loafing is just going to cement the fact that nothing will
ever get done. It might not sound pretty, or even too easy, but the easiest way
to get to success is to just jump in and get going (which is exactly how I got started).
2. Blaming
It’s not their fault they’re not successful. The industry is
bad, they don’t have the money, etc. When it comes down to it, however,
who is the one responsible for their success? Themselves.
This is the day and age where people are launching successful start-ups
in a few months, getting published online and finding their way to success one
way or another. Some things might be out of their control, but blaming
others is just going to waste the energy and time they need to get going.
3. Sour grapes
Being envious of the success of others is almost as bad as blaming them.
All the time and energy they could be putting into their own goals is
going towards a person who more than likely has done nothing but show
them that the goal is attainable. They don’t have to be applauding
their success, but being envious and sour about it is a waste of time–let it
roll off the shoulders and dig down towards accomplishing goals.
4. Minimizing others success
Again, they don’t have to be cheering and raving about the success
of others, but minimizing their accomplishments looks bad on them and on
their own goals. If they attained success, would they want
others rolling their eyes and treating it like it is not a big deal in the
slightest? I highly doubt it. “So they climbed Mount Everest, big whoop. Plenty
of people have done it before.” Have they?
5. Talking
They’re going to do this, they’re going to do that–the proof is in
the pudding, ultimately. Talking about their goals and what they’re going
to accomplish is all well and good, but talking time is better spent actually
doing. Talking about goals has actually been shown to make you less
likely to reach them, so zip up those chattering lips and dive in.
6. Making assumptions
You know what they say about the word ‘assume’, it makes an (inappropriate
word I’ll leave out of this article) out of ‘u’ and ‘me’ . Unsuccessful people
are the best at making assumptions without considering other outlets or
opportunities. Missed chance after missed chance can put anyone behind, or
completely ruin something that they poured a lot of hard work into. People
are often surprised at what happens if they take a chance instead of listening
to that little pessimist inside their heads. ‘Never assume’ is good advice and
it is a mindset they should get out of as quickly as possible.
7. Procrastinating
This one is obvious, isn’t it? It’s about the same as loafing, but even
worse because it applies to multiple areas of our lives. That big project? Eh,
its not due for a week. Dreams? Eh, going to be taking a class to learn how to
write in a few months, I’m just relaxing until then.
Procrastination is not the friend of successful people. Many of
them had to learn how to either make procrastination work for them or to barrel
through it and press on, even with the proverbial sloth demanding you park it
on the couch.
8. Naysaying
“It will never work. It is impossible, I just can’t …” That is about
when it is time to take a good look at what they’re doing. There are a plethora
of people out there that once thought the same thing: they can’t get a man
into space, they can’t find a way for a human to fly, they can’t cure
a disease. Well, people did what was once considered impossible. If they can
defy the entire world, why can’t they defy the internal pessimist and
get there? Don’t say that it is impossible. In the world we live in today,
it seems like impossible is becoming a word that gets weaker every day.
9. Consuming
Fast food, energy drinks, trash TV–their brain is sobbing at the
thought. With all the time spent taking in things that are not good for
their brain or body, how can anyone expect it to happily balance out and
produce the stuff they need to achieve success? Output should be greater
than input; though they don’t have to take the starving artist spiel
literally. The point is, production is where the value is, not the absorption.
10. Quitting
“Well, I tried.” Sure, they tried once. That horse is shaking its
head and trotting off to find someone who will get back on it. There’s nothing
necessarily wrong with cutting losses sometimes. After all, no experience is
ever truly wasted, but quitting is the mortal enemy to successful people.
If they believe in something, they want to find that success,
there is no road map. You may very well have to carve your own path through
treacherous jungle. If they give up the first time a mosquito bites, then
they’ve doomed themselves already.
Success, in large part, is about the human being in the arena. People
cheer for them, their struggle and victory, but the person who watches idly and
scoffs, having never tried has also never really lived.
Mindsets are not set in stone. It is never too late to get started and
change perspective. After all, achieving success is completely up to them;
they are the one making excuses and holding themselves back. Decide
when it is time to stand up and get back into that arena.
BY TOMER GARZBERG
http://www.lifehack.org/310715/10-bad-habits-that-stop-people-from-achieving-success?mid=20151103&ref=mail&uid=687414&feq=daily
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