Someone
can sabotage themselves in many ways, including self-doubt, and
consistent procrastination. Some may find it difficult to ditch these habits in
order to grow into a healthy person with a mindset to match. There are a number
of these habits that can be difficult for people to spot in themselves.
Identifying
these kinds of negative habits can save them a lot of time and grief in many
people’s professional—and personal—development. Here are self-sabotaging habits
to be mindful of.
Putting off constantly
can allow you to get behind. You are in a way telling yourself you still have
more time, and you will get to it. Unfortunately, the problem arises when you’re
waiting until a project or job must be completed. Putting off leaves little to
no time to fix mistakes and do a thorough job.
One of the best
ways to beat procrastination can be as simply done by setting deadlines and mini-deadlines for yourself to work toward your objective. This way you can
have your objective met within a set amount of time without stressing.
2. Not Having A
Future Vision
A self-sabotaging habit that many should be wary of is when they only
think about the here and now. It is best to have a vision for the future in
mind and in action. One should know why and how’s to accomplish what they have planned as best as they can. A future vision fuels the current work ethic.
3. Not Admitting Your Wrongs
One huge issue a lot of people have is taking a stance on things and not
willing to admit that they are not always right. They rather blame and brush
off the truth when they are wrong. In all honesty, there is nothing wrong with
being wrong.
Be teachable. There is no perfect human mentally and physically. True self-growth stems
from the lessons learned and how you choose to move forward in those
circumstances.
4. Making Excuses
It can be easy to find to blame for an unexpected outcome. Placing blame
should be avoided because it’s a barrier to solutions. When one takes on
responsibility for failure, they allow themselves the opportunity to identify
how the problem occurred and how to prevent it from reoccurring. It’s no
success that comes when you will keep finding excuses for problems, rather than
solving them.
5. Not Having A Routine
A daily routine can help you stay on track. For example, without any
sort of daily routine, you may find yourself forgetting an important task until
the end of the week and must rush to get it finished.
Or you might, always be fitting in brunch and dinner dates with friends
and family during the times that you should be getting work done. It’s best to
create a routine for yourself—for work and for personal chores.
6. Perfectionism
Have you ever been working on a project that you keep feeling is not
good enough? I know I have. I went back and forth with trying to perfect my
craft. I learned that it is often our instinct to put our all into our craft.
However, lowering the level of effort we put into certain tasks can free
up time. We can then use that free time to invest in more important things
where that extra attention can yield more of a return.
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Great read! This is very true, I need to het better at having a routine.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Girl, get you a nice routine and live it up.
DeleteEach person who is obsessed with such problems completely closes before himself all the possibilities that he may have with further development.
ReplyDeleteGoood reading
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