We all wish for personal greatness. It’s something we all strive for and it is the sole reason we wake up every morning and work towards our goals each day.
But of course the journey is not a simple one and there are many overwhelming obstacles that will do all they can to harm your confidence, passion and work ethic to the point where it seems that your dream has no value or purpose. This is where the most difficult battle takes place: the war within, in which you must see which side of you emerges victorious and in control.
Internal demons are much more crushing and debilitating to the soul than any external bump in the road in the form of a person or event. They can quickly erode your grandest plans of attack and ambitious drive needed to succeed.
We are happy to inform you that these life sucking destroyers of potential can in fact be avoided, leaving your positive spirit in the driver’s seat moving forward towards your goal. This is a list of ten always dangerous influences on your decision making process and how to make sure they never get the best of you.
10. Always taking the path of least resistance.
Good things come to those who have worked hard and struggled to pursue the life they have always dreamed of having, those who gave it their all to become someone deserving of all of life’s most fruitful rewards. Luck happens when hard work meets opportunity.
You need to stop trying to find the easy way out of things and taking the most comfortable route to a secure lifestyle. There are no short cuts to greatness and every type of success requires some sort of struggle.
9. Comparing yourself to everyone else.
There really is no reason to waste your time comparing yourself to others or worrying about how far they have come in life. Stop being so nosy and worry about yourself.
This is your life, your dream and other people don’t have anything to do with it. When you compare yourself to others, you’re only assaulting your mind with fallacious reasons as to why you won’t succeed.
8. Worrying too much about what others think of you.
If you constantly worry about what others think of you, you basically become their prisoner, losing control of what dictates what you do or say. There is no need for you to seek the approval from others before moving towards your dream because your goal is to better yourself, not others.
If it feels right to you, no other opinions matter. If you’re being true to yourself and it isn’t enough for the people around you, it’s tome to surround yourself with a new crowd.
7. Ignoring your gut instincts.
There’s a difference between being agreeable and agreeing to everything. Your instinct was given to you for a reason and it’s not just there to tell you if something feels right or wrong. If something or someone gives you bad vibes, your body is telling you that the prospective situation isn’t what your inner-desires view as a helping hand. Your but cannot be reasoned with and it sometimes knows you better than you do.
6. Holding on when you need to move on
You can’t possibly hold on to everything for the rest of your life because it will alter your perception for the worst. Moving on doesn’t mean forgetting, it means learning and not making the same mistake again. Whether its a person that you lost or a business tactic that didn’t go so well, learn from what went wrong and keep trying.
5. Living in the past.
The past is the past for a reason. If you don’t find a way to leave it, it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away. Why waste your time trying to change what is set in stone when the current moment is at your feet, waiting to be crafted to your advantage?
4. Doing the wrong things just because others are too.
Wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it. Right is right, even if you are the only one doing it. Always do what you know in your heart is right for you. Don’t do what everyone else is doing because only you know what is right for you.
Embracing your individuality and catering your lifestyle to it will make you much more happier than the lack of excitement that is conformity.
3. Allowing small problems to overwhelm you.
Small problems are just what they are, small. Maybe you have a shitty day here and there but after every storm comes a sunshine. When you’re upset, ask yourself, “Will this matter to me in a year’s time?” Most of the time, it won’t. Remember, sometimes bad things in life open up your eyes to the good things you weren’t paying attention to before.
2. Surrendering to the draw of comfort.
Complacency is a killer. What at first seems comfortable and safe is actually the farthest thing from fulfilling. Isolating yourself in your comfort zone will never give you a chance to experience the beauty of being a human being and all of the wonders this life can show you.
The last thing you want is to have your time on earth end with a balance still left on your mortgage and your cable company trying to upgrade you to 500 channels. Growth begins when you kiss routine goodbye and leave your comfort zone in the dust.
Stepping outside of your comfort zone will put things into perspective from an angle you can’t grasp now, and open doors of opportunity that would otherwise not exist.
1. Not believing that you CAN.
If you can’t visualize yourself being more than the bare minimum, you never will be. All too often, we literally do not know any better than good enough. Sometime you have to go beyond your limits and do the things that you never thought you could have pulled off so that you can realize that you actually can achieve what you want.
It takes a perseverance you never have had to utilize before, but all you have to do is believe you’ve got it and it will get you through the rough patches when all hope seems to be lost. The most courageous choices usually bring us to the right places, eventually. But you must believe in your own potential to get there.
Preston Waters | Elite.
