Simple Things To Give Up If You Want To Succeed

 

Simple Things To Give Up If You Want To Succeed

The best way to invite good new things into your life is to make room for them. Just as you de-clutter your office and home, from time to time do a check and throw out anything that isn’t helping you make your success achievable. Inc.com points out good places to start.


Trying to be perfect
Perfectionism sets us up for failure. It’s not a quest for the best but a way of telling yourself you’ll never be good enough.

Playing small
Expand your horizons. Go big. Grow! Sometimes the process is painful, but it’s worth it.

Faking it
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re always strong.

Waiting for luck
Luck builds its foundation on preparation. Coming across good opportunities may be partly a matter of luck, but it’s also a matter of knowing where to find them and being prepared to make the most of them.

Waiting for anything
We have been fooled into thinking that if we wait for the right time, right place, and right person we will be successful, but opportunity is where you find it, not where it finds you.

Needing approval
Don’t let the opinions of others consume you. What a waste of time!

Trying to do it alone
Even if you can pull it off, it’s twice as much work and half as much fun when you do it alone.

Making empty promises
Make your promises rare and 100 per cent reliable.

Fixating on your weaknesses
We all have our weak points. Work on them, but focus on your strengths.

Blaming others
It’s cowardly and it costs you respect.

Overlooking your negative thoughts
You may believe that you are responsible for what you do but not for what you think. The truth is those things can’t be separated.

Living in the past
Your future starts now.

Trying to please everyone
The surest path to failure is trying to please everyone. Work to please only yourself and those who are important to you.

Small goals
Small goals yield small results; big goals, big and sometimes huge results.

Holding on to grudges
They’re a waste of time and a thief of contentment and happiness.

Avoiding change
Change will happen with your permission or not. Manage it when you can and always make the best of it.

Trying to never make a mistake
Avoiding risk and never daring is the biggest mistake you can make.

Saying “I can’t”
Don’t give up just because things are hard, and don’t talk to yourself in negative terms.

Minimising yourself
Being a shrinking violet doesn’t help you, it doesn’t put anyone else at ease, and it’s a bore.

Gossiping
Small people indulge in gossip. Talk about ideas instead and when you do talk about people, be compassionate and supportive always.