Hira Taj
3 min readMay 24, 2021

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7-must avoid habits if you want to be successful in life.

Success is not easy like most people imagine it. It takes a lot of struggle behind itself. When we see successful people, most of us only see their success, not the underlying effort. So when we compare ourselves with them, we become discouraged. Therefore, always keep in mind that all the big names went through difficult times. But the difference is they tried their best to come out from it and stand out in their particular fields.

Let’s discuss the attitudes that are obstacles in your way to success.

1. have a clear goal.

One of the primary reasons for not being successful is that you haven’t decided on any goals yet. Or you are not much sure about what you want from your life. Try to make realistic goals in life. For example, if you desire to be a writer, practice it and read more and more books. So at the end of the day, you can’t be a good writer without practicing it and getting enough knowledge.

2. Wasting time.

So, most people complain that they don’t have enough time to manage their work. What is the main reason? The reason is people don’t use it wisely. Make a to-do list and give everything a proper time from your schedule. Also, several people waste their time only thinking, and they don’t take a step to achieve the desired results.

3. Self-doubt.

One major obstacle on the way to success is self-doubt. That means you think you are not capable. Like you may think you can’t run a business, or you can’t complete a particular project. You continue to doubt yourself that I don’t have the potential for this. That is a hindrance in your way of success.

4. Want to be perfect.

One quite general issue either you can say is a damaging habit in all of us is that we delay things because we want perfection. So we didn’t start anything and postponed things. This attitude is also not acceptable essentially when you want to achieve a particular goal. Remember one thing that perfection comes with time and practice. So start now, or you will never be able to take action towards your goals.

5. Lack of motivation.

This is a genuine problem and many of us stuck in this issue. The main reason behind this is that we haven’t settled more obvious aims for our life. So we have a lack of motivation. Our minds are not clear. For example, you want to start a business but don’t think about what you want from that business? Only you want to earn money or desire a flourishing and well-reputed business? You haven’t cleared your mind.

6. Having too much workload.

Another prominent issue is that if you have a lot more duties there might also be a problem in being successful. Always keep one thing in mind that you alone can’t do everything on your own. You always need some help to manage your workload. So always have a team for your work, so you can manage everything quite well.

7. Not having enough resources.

The most common issue everyone complains about is this. If you are also going through it, always use available resources to create opportunities for you. Every one of us can’t have everything when we have to start a job. But the smarter one is the one who challenges the environment and brings a change to it. So be smart enough to benefit from your limited resources.

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Hira Taj

Hello My name is hira taj i am from Pakistan. I have done my masters in applied psychology from virtual university of Pakistan. I am also a freelance writer