7 Reasons You Are Not as Successful as You Should Be

If you’re not quite where you expected to be, you probably spend time wondering why.

Focus on some common causes–so you can figure out why you are not as successful as you want to be–and start addressing them.

Here are 7 common problems:

1. You don’t believe in yourself.

If you don’t believe you can succeed, you won’t make a serious attempt. Sometimes you have to make yourself believe you can do something to realize you actually can.

2. You engage in negativity.

A negative thinker sees a difficulty in every opportunity. Instead, become a positive thinker–one who sees an opportunity in every difficulty.

3. You follow the path of least resistance.

Just because you aren’t struggling doesn’t mean you’re succeeding. Every great success requires some kind of struggle. Remember, success won’t come to you–you have to go out and make it happen.

4. You’ve lost sight of your goals.

If you want to succeed, you need to set your goals high and resolve not to stop until you get there. The first step is deciding that you’re not going to stay where you are.

5. You spend too much time sitting around.

Laziness is the secret ingredient that goes into most failures.

6. You are waiting for perfect.

The real world doesn’t reward perfectionism; it rewards people who get things done.

7. You are easily distracted.

We can always find a distraction if we look for one. But distractions destroy actions. The best we can do is starve our distractions and feed our focus.