When it comes to achieving success, there’s a lot of focus on the things that you need to add to your life, like learning a new skill or finding a mentor. The thing is, there will also be times when you need to let go of certain things in your life if you want to achieve success, like the following 16 items.

1. Your bad habits

Whether it’s watching too much TV, not eating a balanced diet, not exercising, or only getting a couple hours of sleep each night, these bad habits sap your productivity. And, if you’re not productive, then how can you become successful?

2. Doing everything by yourself

No matter how intelligent, knowledge, or dedicate you are, you simply can’t do everything on your own. In fact, it’s one of the most common behaviors that block people from becoming successful.

3. Excuses

Successful people don’t point fingers. They don’t blame their economic status, weaknesses, or past failures. They hold themselves accountable. And, instead of making excuses, they focus on what they can do to become more successful.

4. Your SOS (Shiny Object Syndrome)

Being successful isn’t about making money quickly. It’s having the ability to not get distracted by new ideas, trends, fads, or a quick surplus of cash.

5. Band-Aids

Successful people focus on the long-term. They fix the problem because that’s going to positively impact their long-term success.

6. Always showing up late

Arriving early to meetings, appointments, etc. ensures that you don’t run late and it gives you the chance to mentally prepare.

7. Multitasking

Multitasking is a habit which has been proven to actually detrimental to productivity. This is because when we multitask, our brains are shifting focus from one task to another.

8. Approval from others

Don’t waste your time seeking validation from others. It’s time-consuming, drains your energy, and kills your freedom.

9. Your fixed mindset

People with a fixed mindset believe that traits like intelligence or talent are fixed, which means that they can’t change these traits. As a result, they devote their time in documenting these traits, instead of developing them.

10. Hitting snooze

When you set your alarm, you’re making a commitment. You’re committed to waking up at a certain time so that you can get your day started on the right foot. When you hit “snooze” you’re breaking that commitment. What happens next? You then jump out of bed because you overslept and are now rushing out the door. That’s not exactly how you'll want to start your day.

11. Saying "Yes"

Sometimes, even if you feel a bit guilty, you’re going to have to say "no" when you’re asked to help with a certain task or activity.

12. Perfectionism

If you want to make sure that you remain productive, accept that great is good enough so that you can move on to the next task or project.

13. “Hanging out”

While you don’t have to become a recluse, you should spend time with people who are also working towards similar goals.

14. Trying to be clever

Never let your intelligence block you from becoming successful. Use those "smarts" to your advantage, and you can be sure that you’re more honest with yourself when it comes to your strengths and weaknesses.

15. Waiting for luck

Successful people don’t sit around waiting for luck. They go out and work to make their own luck by always being prepared, optimistic, and open-minded.

16. Spending money carelessly

Successful people are known for being frugal. When they do spend money, it’s so that they can make even more money.

Conclusion

No one can do everything all at once to get rid of habits that are sucking your productivity, however, you can take on one or two that you want to get rid of.

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