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So you want to be successful in life? Are You sure this is that what you want? Then you better stop accepting failure. Being aware of these 10 pitfalls to success in life and making a subconscious choice is the only way to achieve what it is you are aiming for.
I've been asked numerous times about what to do and how to achieve success. Strange enough it seems nobody takes that advice seriously. Then realization hit me - most people are ALREADY failing before they even got started!
This article is slightly controversial when compared to the normal sensitive to your feelings personal development advice because this is the TRUTH. If I want to keep everyone happy and write about the colorful rainbow and daisy's, birds chirping, flowers blooming, etc then I should just opens up a nursery home and take care of children. I want to tell you the truth straight to your face because I've been there and heard the garbage understatements and lies thrown everywhere.
Avoid these habits and circumstances. You'll automatically be on the right track and producing the effects and achievements you set out to accomplish (provided you want to be successful)...
1. Associating With Losers
It's a guaranteed way to fail in life. Whatever you like to do, losers will just tell you it won't work and after some time, you will also become a loser, which is a harsh way of saying underachiever. High five, welcome to the losers' club. ‘Something about losers you should know’ they like to 'recruit' new people and are very comfortable in their shoes. They don't welcome Changes. So when you see someone with any of these two characteristics, you know what you should do. Run
2. Not Knowing What You Want
The most common goal I hear all of the time is, “I want to be rich”. I mean it's great to have that as a base goal goal but the question is, how rich do you want to be? Or how rich is rich? Are you sure you want to be rich? There is a lot of risk and faith to get to that plateau, let alone sacrifice. Put it this way - the methods used to make a million and $3,000 are different. No wonder some people couldn't experience breakthroughs in life because they are playing small for big goals. If you want to make a million, you better put in that level of commitment.
3. Wanting Everything
It's nice to have a lot of things but if you go chasing everything, you get nothing. Let me tell you why - you only have 24 hours a day and you've got to focus on your priorities. I know, I know, you can hire others and so on but the fact is, you've got to want 'something' first to lead to another 'something', then to everything. Make sense?
4. Watching the “Secrets” Way Too Much
I'm not here to criticize Law Of Attractions (LOA) and don't want to receive hate emails. As a matter of fact, I not only believe in The Laws Of Attraction but practice them in my daily life. But it's a easy way to miss the opportunities to achieve success if you keep on waiting for the “Secrets” and doing 'attraction' by sitting down on your floor manifesting 3 hours a day. In my point of view, scientifically, Law of Attraction runs on the concept of 'believing'. When you believe you can achieve your goal, you will take actions to actually achieve it but if you don't understand this basic element and think LOA is some sort of miracle remedy, oh boy, you're in for a big surprise when you come to expect real results to manifest in your life.
5. You Don't Truly Know WHY You Want Success
Wanting everything at one time is bad enough - but it gets even worse if you don't even know the reasons why you're trying to achieve your goal. What drives you? When the times are tough what will you lean on? Without solid reasoning, a distinct and concrete foundation, where are you going to find the motivation and encouragement for you to overcome obstacles? You think it's going to be a fun ride to success? Then you haven't been traveling - it's a rocky road and the view is sacrifice and tough decisions as far as the eye can see when starting out. Most people failed to achieve their goals because they never complete the journey -- they give up half way (or at the beginning). They cannot see the worth of accomplishments.
6. Forgetting Your Roots
The thing I get most irritated about is people who achieved success and never felt gratitude towards those who have helped them along the way. Is it very hard to say, 'thank you'? I appreciate it. The law of reciprocity is simple - you return favors to those who helped you in the past. And then again, they'll help you again in the future. If not someone else will. This is universal law. Ever heard of Give to receive. Remember - in this connected world we all do and will need others to achieve success so don't be ungrateful.
7. You Think You're Smart?
The day you stop learning and growing is the day you stop improving yourself. On that day you will start to regress and lose out on all that you have built up. If you don't want to fail in life, make you have to stop acting as though you already know everything. The fact is, all successful people are people who continuously learn to be even more successful. They don't stop. Let me put it in this perspective - you don't know what you don't know, you know?
8. You Listen To The Wrong People
I watched this funny movie called, "He Is Just Not That Into You", and it just reaffirmed what I'm about to tell you. At the beginning of the movie, it shows a clip of a boy pushing a girl in the playground because he somehow doesn't like her. He thinks she smells like dog pooh. She cried and asked her mum why did the boy do that to her. And her mum replied, It's because boys do that to girls when they like you. Do yourself a favor, don't get wrong advice. It'll stick in your brain and lead you to make stupid interpretations in life.
9. You Think Short Term
You'll hear this happening often in many 'successful' people's stories -- make a lot of money to lose it all. This probably because they became too comfortable and the other thing is, once you achieve success, you should ride on the wave when the momentum is there. When you think short term, you're only going after the instant pleasure. You must learn to master 'delay gratification' so that you can enjoy your today's labor.
10. You're Blinded With What Is Important In Life
I believe there are only two things that are important in your life - control of time and experiencing happiness. Money, love, big cars, diamonds, etc are the things that contribute to these 2 benchmarks of successes. For instance, if you have money, you don't need to work so that you can have more time to do the things you like. It's not the money that you're trying to get but what the money CAN DO FOR YOU. I know this topic is bigger than one sentence explanation but I guess you get the point. You're a smart fella.
So now you know the 10 Habits That Will Stop You From Achieving Your Level of Success. Question is, are you doing any of these? I'd be lying to you if I said I don't. I'm human, flesh and blood.
But I was fortunate to experience my fair share of success today because I learned powerful lessons from other successful people...
"It's okay to fail and you should fail as many times as you can. That is how you learn but more importantly, you should never give up - each time you get kick dirt in your face, wash your face and 'fight' back'. Don't go crying like a sissy because Mom's not going to come cleaning your face."
Are you ready? Go get your goals.
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