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12 THINGS HOLDING YOU BACK FROM SUCCESS.

You did whatever it takes to achieve success, but still, you are far away from achieving it both in your personal and professional life.

Have you ever wondered why you are still away from achieving the success you always wanted? or have you wondered how people around you succeeding but, your life is at a halt? What is holding you back from achieving success in life?

If yes, then dive in to know the 12 things holding you back from success and once you understood which one thing resonates with you it will be easy for you to eliminate that cause. Remove the hurdle from the path and let your life flourish.

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1. YOU ARE KNOCKING THE WRONG DOOR.

You worked hard but no progress happens. Rather than going forward your life took reverse gear. Beware the path you chose or the profession you chose could be wrong.

Choosing the wrong profession which is not compatible with you could be a potential hurdle in your path to success. This is not the door you should enter.

Try to find out what is your interest or what is you are best in and do it with all honesty. Everyone has some special qualities you just have to recognize them and work on them.

If you see successful people around the world, you will come to know that they just did whatever they are best in.

If you follow this sooner or later you will become easy to achieve success in life.

2. YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR “WHY”.

A famous author, influencer, and motivational speaker Simon Sinek says in his book “Start With Why” that if you don’t know why you do what you do then there are fewer chances that you will succeed or maintain the success longer in personal and professional life.

That means not knowing your why may be holding you back from success. Here why means “purpose”.

In other words, though you are doing things in which you are good and also working hard. But you don’t have an explanation about why you are doing it because of that, your work will not motivate and inspire you as well as people working for you.

Until and unless you don’t know “Why” you want to achieve success, you will not be able to find out “How” to achieve it and if you don’t know how to achieve it, it becomes hard to figure out “What” to do to achieve it.

So first, try to find out your life’s “WHY” and experience everlasting success in life.

” KNOWING YOUR LIFE’S ‘WHY’ DETERMINES HOW FAR YOU WILL GO IN LIFE BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHY TO DO YOU WILL NOT KNOW HOW TO DO AND WHAT TO DO” – SIMON SINEK.

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 3. YOU HAVE LOW EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.

If you are still unsuccessful beware! your emotions could be the speed breaker in your success.

Some people are emotionally labile and they overreact to every incident and situation that happens in life. Or comes under undue pressure even with small or not so serious issues. Some people are unable to control their anger and or sorrow.

The decisions you make in extreme emotions like anger or excitement often turn out to be wrong.

Instead of reacting respond to the situation and always focus on problem-solving. Keep calm and think with a cool mind then handle the problem.

This will increase your productivity to a great extent and no one can stop you from achieving the success you always dreamed of. so, be more logical than emotional.

Don’t let the emotions holding you back from success.

4. YOU HAVE LOW SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

You don’t know how to talk to strangers or you don’t know how to convince people. Making friends is a difficult thing for you.

Bang! your social intelligence could be the reason why you are not succeeding in your personal and professional life.

low Social intelligence or Interpersonal Intelligence or social intelligence quotient could be holding you back from success.

In day-to-day life, you have to meet different people, if you are great in conversation it will become easy for you to connect to people and convince them to get your things done. Or if you are in business, in sales, or marketing then social intelligence is a must for success to convince your clients.

Social intelligence is nothing but ” Knowing where to talk, when to talk, how to talk, and what to talk” Good news is social intelligence is a skill and every skill can be learned with little more practice, persistence, confrontation, and determination.

So, learn how to be pro socially and speed up your success in both your personal and professional life. 

 5. YOU ARE NOT READY TO TAKE RISKS.

“Greater the risk more the Reward” we hear this saying ton of times and I totally agree with it.

If you can’t take risks in both your personal and professional life, then boss sorry! you may not get success or take much longer to achieve success.

Start with small risks and then escalate. Don’t put yourself in a situation with uncalculated risk.

So, today is a great time to take more risks than yesterday.

6. YOU ARE NOT TAKING ACTIONS ON TIME.

You are good at what you do, you found your life’s “WHY”, you are not an emotional fool but logical, sound-minded but deliberately postponing taking action.

Maybe you are a good conversationalist and ready to take risks but you are just postponing things out of procrastination, laziness, or overconfidence. You are hanging on never coming tomorrow to start over.

This is how not taking action on time holding you back from success.

Procrastination is keeping you away from success. This could be the reason why you are not succeeding in your personal, professional, or entrepreneurial life.

You have to learn to take action on time otherwise you will lag behind and one day you will come to know that someone has already done what you are planning for and you missed the bus. So be prompt and proactive.

 7. YOU ARE NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH OR YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

This is a must-have quality for everyone because, If you believe in what you do it will give you a little more confidence.

Rather you need confidence for every act or every move in life. Don’t be afraid of anything in life. If you have fears or insecurities try to conquer them with confrontations, exposure, practice, or counseling.

Believing in ourselves will make us confident. Be confident in whatever you are doing and this will help you to achieve success in your personal and professional life.

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8. YOU ARE NOT READY TO DO SACRIFICES.

Every success comes with some sacrifices whether it may be in personal and professional life.

You have to sacrifice your weekends, holidays, parties, brands, and many more things and work hard. Make sacrifices whenever required it will take you to places.

 9. YOU DON’T HAVE PATIENCE.

You have to be damn patient and focused on whatever you are doing because greater and long-lasting success takes time.

Be patient, believe in yourself, and keep going, surely you will taste success in life.

Warren Buffett started investing when he was just a teenager but he got his first billion at 51 years of age or Elon Musk started the company at an early age but he achieved a billionaire tag at the age of 42.

This proves patience requires to achieve success in life.

 10. NOT LEARNING NEW SKILLS IS HOLDING YOU BACK FROM SUCCESS.

If you don’t update your skillset when required, this may slow your speed toward success.

You should keep learning different skills when you get time or whenever required.

Learning will help you to complete tasks error free or it will help you to start a side hustle and make some extra income.

Skills will make you more likable and productive and it will be a great help for you to speed up your way to success. So keep learning.

11.  PEOPLE’S OPINION AFFECTS YOU.

You keep on thinking about what people will say. You get demotivated with a single negative comment and you just give up.

Giving too much importance to people’s opinions can become a hurdle between you and your dream.

Don’t pay attention to people, people always have something to say trust your gut and make a decision.

12. FEAR OF FAILURE HOLDING YOU BACK FROM SUCCESS.

You have a goal, you have ambition but fear of failure will not let you start newer things.

Everyone has some amount of fear of failure, but that should not stop you.

With failing you will get valuable experience that you can apply for the next venture. So, fail but don’t give up