Achieving success is never easy. Your pathway will face countless obstacles.
Want to achieve success? So you have to know what you need to do and avoid. There are 5 "enemies" that do not lead you to success, no matter what you want to accomplish, you need to avoid these 5 things.
Doubt
What is suspicion? Doubt is the small voice inside your head telling you that you will never accomplish what you set out to do. This is the "poison" that successfully kills in the bud. How many times have I asked myself these kind of questions:
Did I do right? Maybe there will be a better way.
I'm not sure I believe (... ..). Maybe I should find someone else?
This way too (... ..) though I think you will succeed if you do so. Maybe I should try other ways better.
It may sound like wise words, but they are just disguises for your own doubt. They are only valid when you go a long way, enough to recognize the path you choose is always problematic and unreasonable.
Choosing the right goal requires a lot of time, and it can take several years to determine your life goals. Do not let your doubts put you in the trap, make you decide to rush to regret.
Too confident
The opposite of suspicion is the overconfidence. Excessive self-confidence does not just cover the self. It is also an act of underestimating the harmful factors and eliminating the good elements that help your plan just because you think you know everything.
Excessive self-confidence also causes other problems when you run into failure. It breaks your inherent confidence and makes you doubt yourself, which in turn pushes you away from your goals. It makes you mentally unstable and makes you uncomfortable in the eyes of others.
Pick the wrong time
Acting at the right time is one of the key factors for your success. Choosing the wrong time may be symptomatic of the above two errors. Overly confident people work too fast and fast while they need to work slowly or need a break. And the skeptics take too much time to think before acting.
To succeed, you need to learn how to master time. If you are aware of the good time to act - when the opportunity is in your hands and when the opportunity is gone, you will act in the right moment.
You can only learn this from your own experience and by those who have succeeded before you.
Stagnation
Stagnation is that you are standing still while you have to act. This enemy usually appears when you have reached a certain level of success and stop. A little success can bring you a sense of satisfaction. You have been making enough money to maintain your life. Why go further?
Some people have dreams and ambitions very modest, but devotion to a small dream is completely different from being afraid or afraid to move forward to reach their dreams.
If you feel you are stagnant at work, think and wonder what hinders you and does everything to conquer obstacles. That is the only way to overcome stagnation.
Your ego
Your ego is another powerful enemy that can hinder your progress and success in life. Believing that you are infallible or invincible after achieving some prior success is a trap that ensnares many people.
The problem with a growing ego is that by the time you realize it is a problem, it is already too late. Ryan Holiday’s book “Ego Is The Enemy” discusses how the “Ego” has led to the failure and destruction of many great men and women throughout history. I would suggest that you grab a copy and read the section on how to manage your Ego during times of success. It is a compelling chapter with many valuable lessons that cannot be summarized in a few short sentences.
The main thing with your ego is that it does not let you see beyond your immediate circumstances. Ego blocks you from seeing the full picture and therefore increases the chances of failure. By not letting your ego get in the way, you can look at things from different perspectives and come up with solutions that are pragmatic.
The five elements above are not the only "enemies" that prevent you from achieving success, but these are the greatest enemies that come from you. If you can not conquer the "monster" within yourself, you will not be able to conquer the outside world to achieve your dream. Look at the obstacles in front of you. Can you remove them from your path?