What Is Holding You Back?
Posted August 24th, 2015
We all have goals. But some of us are better at pursuing those goals, of staying on track and not getting blown off course in reaching our goals. Those who have trouble getting to their goals often do so because they have developed some counterproductive habits that effectively act as roadblocks.
Knowing what these habits are can help us to take control of them, and thereby help us get to our goals. Psychologists have identified a number of these habits.
1. A lack of faith in your own abilities.
This is just a lack of confidence in yourself. You don’t think you really have the ability to reach your goals. You are afraid to take risks. You see nothing but landmines littering your way forward.
2. Procrastination
This probably comes as little surprise. Putting things off is a recipe for failure. Often we tend to think we have plenty of time to get things done. But time is a finite resource, and once lost, we can never recover it. That is why it is foolish to waste it.
3. Lacking patience.
A great writer once said that most of our problems are caused by two things – impatience and laziness. Reaching any goal takes time and effort. There are no shortcuts to excellence. But those who have trouble reaching their goals too often are looking for shortcuts.
4. Multitasking
This concept has been pretty much discredited. If we focus on more than one thing at a time, we do neither very well. Multitasking just leads to a lack of focus and a feeling of too much to do and not enough time.
5. Aversion to change.
If you do what you have always done, you will get the same result you always have. People who trouble achieving their goals are resistant to making the changes necessary to make progress. They are reluctant to examine new ideas and information. They become stubborn in their attitude.
6. Being a perfectionist
You will never make progress if everything you do has to be perfect because perfection is impossible to achieve. What you need to look for is good enough. In constantly striving for perfection, you miss the forest for the trees, become mired in details.
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