- We lack concentration. We think we can wing our way through crucial moments in work and life. Rather than translate experience into expertise, we let it translate into bad habits.
- We don’t seek to improve our technical skills, let alone our people skills and attitudes. We’re satisfied with where we’re at in life, especially if improvement won’t come easy.
- We surround ourselves with the wrong influences. People with no ambition, no goals, no optimism, nothing positive to contribute.
- We expect people to cater to us, or give us things. This is particularly sad when we expect it based on reasons that matter only to us, when we think because we were born, we “get” something.
- We’re just too proud. We don’t seek advice, guidance, input, or even casual suggestions from others. We think we can go it alone forever.
- We don’t put in enough time. We slip into a mediocre, half-hearted routine, and we lack the self-discipline and achievement drive to stick to successful, daily habits.
- We have no inspiring, internalized reasons for wanting to be successful. We move as the carrot and stick dictate. Or, our stated reasons aren’t compelling enough to cause daily behaviors.
- When we don’t hit our objectives, we too quickly point to external reasons or place blame on someone besides ourselves
- We’ve got our ladder against the wrong wall. Either we’re in the wrong position, the wrong company, or the wrong industry. And we ignore all the signs that it’s a bad fit.
- We’re not willing to “endure to the end.” We get fired up for a short period of time, but then flame out.
- Most tragic of all: we don’t want to succeed. We’re willing to settle for mediocrity.
Don’t settle.
Source: http://www.salesteamtools.com/2006/01/16/11-ways-we-deny-ourselves-of-success/
