6 Things You Should Quit Doing To Be More
Successful


If you haven’t seen it, I’ll describe it for you. In a
now viral video, writer Marina Shifrin turns the camera on herself at the office around 4:30 a.m. She then proceeds to dance herself out of a job. Throughout the video, words splash across the screen explaining her reasons, then at the end we read, “I quit.” Then one more time in caps for good measure, “I QUIT!”
You know what I thought about as I watched the
video? I wish more people did this.
We humans (that means me included) often get
stuck in a hamster wheel of habit. We do things
that aren’t good for us, remain where we
shouldn’t and put ourselves through voluntary
suffering all in the name of comfort. We don’t
know these things are damaging, because it’s
normal to us.
But a rare few, like Marina, snap out of it and quit
before it’s too late. Here are six things you should
quit doing today, before it’s too late.

1. Quit Stopping – I’ve completed six half
marathons (13.1 miles) over the past few years
and each one has been an emotional experience
for me. Here’s how it usually goes…
The gun goes off: “This is great! Today is gonna
be a personal record, I just know it.”
Mile 5: “Am I sane?”
Mile 10: “You want this, ouch, you want this,
ouch.”
Mile 13: “Where’s the dang finish line!!!!”
Finish line: “That. Was. Awesome. When’s the
next one?”
They say that at the very moment you want to
quit, you’re actually almost there. It’s the stupid
human in us…we go so far and then our brains
take over and tell us it’s too hard. When did we
get the memo that life was supposed to be easy
all the time?
Think right now about something you keep
stopping. You committed to it, but then you
suddenly quit because it started to require a little
extra elbow grease. A project at work, a
relationship, a fitness goal. Remember why you
started it, then push onward. Because the more
you stop and think about quitting, the longer it’ll
take to get to your desired result. Or worse, you’ll
never know what it feels like to reach the finish
line.

2. Quit Saying Tomorrow – You know the saying, “Yesterday you said tomorrow?” Seriously, stop that! Delaying or procrastinating around
something that you think is important means one
of two things. You’re either scared to start
because it means your life will change or you
want it for the wrong reasons (i.e. someone else
is encouraging you to do it).
So yes, that new healthy eating thing you want to
do will be very difficult and possibly unpleasant.
But every day you wait to start is another day
you’re not helping yourself. And you keep telling
yourself that you’ll wait until the kids are a
certain age before you finish your degree, but is
that really the main reason you’re waiting? Or is it
because studying is not nearly as exciting as all
the other options you have right now? And while
you’re at it, why are you donating free money to
the gym? They haven’t seen you in months.

3. Quit Being A Victim – When people tell me they’re doing something or making certain choices because they have “no choice,” it makes me want to bang my head on the table…and then put that on repeat. You have a choice in everything you do. Barring a few really crazy exceptions, no one holds your hand to the fire on anything. And if you’re choosing to remain in a place that isn’t positive, you’re victimizing yourself.
You are not so worthless that you have to keep
dating that person. Obama and the economy are
not forcing you to stay in that career. There are
other places you could live. And it’s not your
schedule that prevents you from being healthy.
Our social groups are great for complaining. We
all discuss our problems with our friends and
that’s ok. But there are limits. Everyone gets a
few opportunities to complain about a particular
hardship, but if you seek advice and respond with
“but I can’t” (said in whiny voice) too many times,
you officially become a victim. Eventually, you’ll
have to ask yourself whether you even want to fix
the problem.

4. Quit Saying Yes – My yoga instructor, Angela Wagner, reminded me recently that anytime we say yes to something, we’re saying no to
something else. So when you say yes to a happy
hour, you’re saying no to <insert your choice of
workout>. When you say yes to a crappy review
from your boss, you’re saying no to getting
acknowledged for the great work that was
overlooked. When you say yes to watching
pointless reality TV shows, you’re saying no to
doing the dishes. Or if you say yes to staying late
at the office, you’re saying no to your relationship.
It could be you don’t need to entirely quit saying
yes. You may just need to analyze when you’re
saying yes and what you’re trading for it. You
might find yourself saying yes to things you don’t
even care about and no to things that could make
your life better in some way.

5. Quit Expecting – I got an email the other night from someone looking for advice after reading
this article . He told me that he’s been working for the same company for his entire career, rising
through the ranks and loving it. But recently he
realized he’s hit a wall – he’s had many reviews
and each time he meets with management,
they’re not giving him the promotion he knows
he’s ready for. My question to him was, “Have
you asked for it?”
It’s very rare for a company to proactively
promote someone at a fast pace. Especially true
in older organizations, if you expect your
company to promote you when they feel you’re
ready for it, you’ll be sitting around waiting for
about 10 years to reach the next level.
Your boss is like your significant other. Don’t
expect them to read your mind. They’ll only know
what you need when you tell them. If you really
have your heart set on something (like a
promotion), you must be vocal about it. If you
don’t speak up, you’re leaving the translation up
to them. Expect at your own risk.

6. Quit Avoiding – Suck it up. We all have things we don’t want to do, but we have to do them
because we’re adults. (Should I have started the
paragraph with, “Dear Congress”?)
I once managed a team responsible for a
corporate-wide project with a lot of moving
pieces. There were some majorly miserable
elements to that project and there were some
really sexy parts (i.e. things you put on your
resume) too. As I sat with my boss reviewing
progress one day, she asked why I hadn’t finished
one particular task (a task that couldn’t be
delegated). I responded with, “It’s boring me!” Her
response was, “Your point?” Yeah, life doesn’t work that way. You can’t pluck the fun parts out and leave the tough parts on the table. You take all or none.
If we didn’t have to work hard to reach success,
we wouldn’t appreciate it. If there’s something
you’re putting off because it’s boring you, it’s
hard, physically demanding or tiring…just get up
and get it done. Quit avoiding it. There will be
rewards along the way and there will be a great
sense of accomplishment at the end.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/glassheel/2013/10/01/6-things-you-should-quit-to-be-more-successful/

Number them for us to read them easier. Nobody has time to start searching for the six things.

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Very encouraging piece. Thanks.

hit like if you are just after the points and too lazy to read the whole sh1t

gabazin080:
hit like if you are just after the points and too lazy to read the whole sh1t

Oga nobody force u to read o.

amnesty7:
Very encouraging piece. Thanks.

Glad it was useful

kossyablaze:
Forget rlshps till u r worth 2 million up.

Bros if one followed ur guide book, person go don old finish before a relationship.