Madiha Yaqoob
Our habits and routines form the foundation of our everyday lives. These habits are either good that support us and make us move towards our goals or destructive and undermine our ability to achieve success.
The bad habits make us feel disappointed with where we stand in our lives. These habits often get us stuck and we blame all kinds of external forces for our setbacks. But we mostly forget that our actions determine our success and once we adopt the mind shift that we can control more, we can move towards the right path.
But for understanding what problems cause us to stay away from reaching our goals, we first need to realize what they actually are, the following are a few destructive habits that make a huge impact on our success.
Lacking Confidence:
The trust and faith we have in our abilities determine our success. The feelings of confidence and self-esteem affect how we think and act, how we feel about others, and how successful we are in life. Confidence helps us not to fear challenges and makes us stand for what we believe. But the lack of confidence can limit our potential to achieve our goals and later on can result in low income and loss of opportunities.
Poor networking:
Our success is also affected by the quality of networking. Proper networking requires time and effort and without that, it is not possible to make a favorable impression. Networking is not simply getting us known to people; it is to be known for doing remarkable work. Remember, your network is your net worth.
Lacking the mentality to sacrifice:
When we don’t push ourselves a little extra to achieve what we want, we hardly achieve anything. In order to achieve success, it is important to adopt a whatever-it-takes mentality. This means that we should be ready to do all the things that are necessary to achieve our aims in life.
Not having the right skills:
It is now being openly discussed that if we don’t have the right skills to present ourselves in front of the public, it won’t be possible to make an impact. In order to get someone’s attention, we should craft strategies to present ourselves in a way that is comfortable for each one of us. If we don’t have the right skills, we will never be able to achieve our goals.
Engaging in too many undertakings:
It is human nature that in order to achieve more, we get engaged in multitasking. We think it is the fastest way towards success. But in this way, we strain ourselves so much that we lack the energy to move forward. Therefore we should be selective about what strategies link us with our goals and simply leave the rest.
