10 Bad Habits that lead to failure

[lpetrich]

10 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful People - Forge - "Instead of looking for traits to emulate, focus on ones to avoid"

Often, he’d tell me what he saw as the secret to his success: “I just try to avoid being unsuccessful,” he said. He studied what made someone (avoidably) unhappy, broke, or unmotivated — and then he avoided making the same mistakes.

Then what not to do

1. Always being distracted

2. Only talking the talk
“I’m training for a marathon.” “I’m starting a business.” You know what’s better than announcing something on social media? Doing it.

3. Spending time with the wrong people

4. Always focusing on the negative

5. Procrastinating

6. Not listening to others

7. Giving in to laziness

8. Not being curious

9. Not being nice
Just be a nice person. If you have difficulty defining what a “nice person” is, you’re likely a jerk.

10. Giving up

 

[fast]

I’m not sold on number 9

 

[Keith&Co.]

4. Always focusing on the negative

I find this funny, on a list of things NOT to do...

 

[rousseau]

How to be successful:

1) Be smart enough to actually think about how to be successful
2) Think about how to be successful
3) Do the things that lead to success
4) Be successful

Easy as that, just make sure your parents aren't dumb.