Things You Need To Stop Doing If You Want To BeSuccessful

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes,but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton

The differences between you and successful people

are not as drastic as you think. There are simple

choices that can be made everyday towards success. If

you’re thinking it’s time to get your life together, here

are eight simple things you need to stop doing if you

want to be successful:

1. Stop keeping your goals to yourself.
Successful people have a great support system. It
doesn’t matter if it’s one person or one thousand, they
tell someone about their goals so they can be held
accountable for reaching them.
2. Stop expecting an
overnight success.
Accepting the fact that
there are no step-by-step
methods, quick fixes to
your troubles, or a yellow
brick road to your dreams
is a key step to being
successful. It is going to
take hard work and
dedication to achieve you
goals. It doesn’t matter if
you’re trying to be a
lawyer, a teacher, a writer,
or a coffee shop owner.
The trials and tribulations are what make you feel
successful when your dreams turn into reality.
3. Stop focusing on the clouds and see the silver lining.
When you are too busy focusing on the mistakes and
setbacks that you are going to have to deal with and
not seeing them as an opportunity to learn, you are
only hurting yourself. Successful people learn to
analyze their mistakes and accept them as lessons.
4. Stop pretending and actually listen to your bosses.
When your boss lectures you in their office during
your annual review, do you just nod and think about
that movie that you saw last night? Successful people
take what their superiors say into careful
consideration. They try to pick apart what has been
said in order to gain a step ahead in the game. It is
called active listening and it will get you farther than
you think.
5. Stop cramming things into your schedule.
Do not keep your schedule so full that you don’t have
time to think. Successful people make sure that there
is time aside to eat, exercise, and unwind.
6. Stop going to work to earn just your hourly wage.
Successful people are always looking for ways to get to
the next step or stage. Instead of showing up to work
to earn your hourly wage, show up as if you were
learning how to run the place. Always be willing to
learn and take on new responsibilities. Your boss will
appreciate your work ethic and so will your resume
when it’s time to move on.
7. Stop making excuses.
Successful people take responsibility for their own
mistakes. If they are late, they admit it was because of
sleeping in and not because their car wouldn’t start. If
they failed at something, they open the floor for any
suggestions on how to do a better or more efficient
job next time. A good leader will always ask who they
lead, “What can I do to make this better?” or “What can
I be doing better?”
8. Stop being afraid of failure.
Successful people will accept failure as another step
closer to their success. When you are new at
something, like riding a bike, would you give up after
the first time you fall down? No, typically you will get
up and try again. It is the same with life. Who cares if
you didn’t get a job offer for a company you wanted to
work for? Pick up the phone or open your laptop and
keep searching. Opportunity has many doors, you just
need to keep knocking until the right one opens.