7 Habits Which Are Blocking Your Success
Most daily habits are what are standing between us and amazingly successful lives!
Because most habits are so deeply engrained in our psyche, we don’t even realize they are bad habits and we engage in them almost automatically. In other words, we are on bad habit autopilot.
Most daily habits are what are standing between us and amazingly successful lives!
Because most habits are so deeply engrained in our psyche, we don’t even realize they are bad habits and we engage in them almost automatically. In other words, we are on bad habit autopilot.
So, without further ado, here are the 7 bad habits that are blocking your success.
Reminding yourself (and others) of your past mistakes.
It really is time to move on from that mistake or error in judgment. If you need to forgive yourself, then do so immediately. Start right now by reframing your mistakes or misjudgments as they are only lessons – tools to help you grow as a person.
So the next time you hear yourself about to remind yourself of the mistake you made or an error in judgement or you hear yourself rehashing to someone else a mistake you made, catch yourself, flip the switch and tell yourself and others a new story.
Comparing yourself to others.
Your race is yours to run. Your life race and life story is as unique as your fingerprint and DNA. Even if you are an identical twin, while your DNA is closely aligned to that of your twin, it is still different.
If you are not where you thought you’d be in your career, business, relationship or life, comparing yourself to others is not the way to speed up the process!
Believe me when I tell you, everybody and I do mean EVERYBODY is either going into, in the midst of or coming out of a problem. Everyone has something that they are either greatly or slightly dissatisfied with in their life. Just because it looks like some people have the ideal life does not mean that they do.
You are probably further ahead in some areas of your life than that person you are comparing yourself to, is in their life. Comparing yourself to others does nothing to build you up and a lot to tear you down. Unfairly comparing yourself to others lowers your self-esteem.
Wandering aimlessly on the internet.
I bet you didn’t expect to see this one as a bad habit. Take from a former “internet wanderer,” this is a bad habit to easily fall into. You start by checking your email or what’s happening on a social media platform (Facebook was my vice) and before you know it, you’re going down some bunny trail because you clicked a link.
Make your time online purposeful. Time is one of the most valuable commodities we have at our disposal but unlike money, you cannot get time back. Once it’s lost, it’s lost – forever.
It’s great to connect with family and friends on social media or catch up on news or sports. Just make sure you know when you log onto the internet WHY you are logging on and set limits to how long you will “catch up” on stuff. This is especially important if you’re trying to build a business or some other huge goal.
Stay alert to what you are doing online and how long you are doing it.
Interacting with toxic people.
At the church I attended as a child, the pastor used to often say, “Don’t be anyone’s garbage can.” He used to share how he could be walking down a hall at work or out on the street and would encounter someone who would share every negative and ugly thing that has happened to them lately and when he walked away from the conversation, he felt like crap, like a bunch of garbage had been dumped on atop his head!
Stop fooling yourself, for the most part; we know exactly who the toxic people are in our lives. Either limit or totally eliminate interaction with these energy vipers.
Depending on the relationship, before avoiding them like the plague, you may want to have a talk with them about the negativity or toxicity. If the relationship is not such that you feel comfortable doing so, just start avoiding them. If you can point this out to them and they don’t change, keep it moving – in another direction.
Eliminate procrastination.
There are steps that we must take to accomplish goals; to have what we say we want. You can sit down and pray and meditate all you want but in most cases, you cannot wish anything into existence. You can mediate and visualize to bring things to you faster BUT you must take some type of action to get the ball to rolling; to make what you visualize a reality.
Procrastination is a thief and is the death angel to all of your dreams.
Sometimes we may get another chance or opportunity to have, do, or be something or experience something. But sometimes an opportunity may never present itself to us again. Whatever you know or are inspired to do, do it when you need to do it.
Being unable to say “No.”
No - . (period) is a complete sentence. Most successful people are not afraid to say no to what takes them off purpose and off their strategically planned course. There are just some things and people you are going to have to get comfortable saying “No” to.
You cannot be everything to everyone. If you are trying to achieve a monumental goal in your life or business, there are going to be times in which you have to say “Yes” only to what matters in achieving that goal.
Sometimes your “No” may mean “not right now” and sometimes your “No” may mean “never.”
Tending to other people’s business.
This usually includes gossiping. Dipping into and talking about other people’s business is a waste of your time.
Spending time talking about other people’s troubles and circumstances draws negative energy to your life and circumstances.
And, when you are gossiping about others with others, it makes people wonder if they can trust you.
Now I’m not talking about having discussions with others because you are concerned about someone’s well-being or welfare and you need to collaborate with others to help someone.
You know when you are tending to other people’s business or gossiping. Just try to catch yourself, flip the switch and change the conversation to something more worthwhile.
