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3 Habits That Will Prevent You From Being Successful by Autopin: 4:14pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
What is success?
It's different from one person to the next, but one
thing we all have in common is that we love to
progress.
Nobody is happy being stagnant.
And, as distinguished psychologist Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi notes, we are happiest when we
are doing work — but that work has to be
challenging and invigorating.
However, few people actually achieve their dreams.
But it's not for lack of ability.
The truth is that bad habits keep many people from
ever achieving the kind of success they dream
about.
Here are three bad habits you need to break now to
enjoy true success:
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1. Caring what others think and allowing this to
cloud decision-making
This is a really hard one. We are community-
oriented creatures and crave interaction with
others. We need to feel connected to people in
order to thrive, and it is in our nature to want
acceptance from others.
However, making career decisions only to look
good to others is a success killer. For true success,
you need to tap into your own truth and follow
your instinct.
What is truly right for you may be different from
what your parents, community, or society thinks is
right. These outside forces will push you in a
direction that is right for them, not you.
Break the habit: Let go of what others think. It's
hard, but your truth is what will lead you in the
right direction. Follow your instinct.
2. Liking your job but not loving it
A job you like can feel like a comfortable couch:
There's no pressing reason to get up, and it keeps
you in your comfort zone. The couch may be
comfy, but soon you will become a couch potato.
A comfortable job will slowly drain you of your
creative energy and your zest for life. In a
comfortable job, you aren't challenged to the hilt.
Without these things, you can't achieve greatness.
Greatness comes from growth and going deep into
your potential. You can't be all that you can if you
are on cruise control. So stop being OK with liking
your job. Ask yourself — do you really love this
job?
Break the habit: Identify what truly sets you on
fire at work, and dedicate yourself to making
changes to your work situation to bring in more
opportunities for growth and challenge.
This could involve talking to your manager about
increasing your responsibilities, moving into a
different department, or even leaving your current
job for a new one.
3. Not believing you can achieve your dreams
The idea of a "dream job" is confusing — we often
think of it as a dream that we secretly don't believe
could ever happen.
Guess what: if you don't believe in your ability to
make dreams come true, it will 100% not happen.
We all have negative mental chatter that fights to
keep us down, and the only thing that can combat
this is the daily, ritualistic belief that you can do
whatever you have set your sights on.
This belief in yourself is grit — a fantastic mix of
courage, resolve, and strength of character. As
Angela Duckworth said in her TED Talk, grit is the
number one criteria for success .
Break the habit: Whenever you find yourself
thinking that you'll never achieve your dream job,
stop yourself. Instead, identify one thing you can
do next to further yourself along the path to your
ideal career.
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Re: 3 Habits That Will Prevent You From Being Successful by calddon(m): 4:34pm On Oct 26, 2015 |
@op nice post but u can do better by arranging your points 1 Like |
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