Identify and overcome 7 key roadblocks to success!

1. Actually, there are probably many more reasons you
are not as successful as you want to be. But let’s start
with these.
By Daniel Fitzpatrick

2. 1. You don’t know what success
looks like – for you.
You measure your success using someone else’s
yardstick. If you do this, you will almost always come
up short, since you see the great results of their work
but you don’t see them actually struggling to get things
done.
Outcomes can be deceiving. Success is personal, and
differs greatly from person to person. Choose your own
personal yardstick carefully.

3. 2. You don’t have goals.
You have dreams and ideas, but no goals – nothing
that gets you so fired up that you feel compelled to go
after it. So you go after whatever crosses your path
instead of what inspires you.
Take time to learn what moves you, and then pick
goals that allow you to spend time doing things that
light your fire. If you don’t know what moves you, ask
your friends and family members. They often know
what lights your fire better than you do.

4. 3. You don’t have discipline.
You wander from one idea to another, and you don’t
stick to any one plan long enough to see how it turns
out. This is not only tiring, it’s also discouraging.
So pick one small project that you can complete in a
week or two, plan how to accomplish it, and do what it
takes to finish it. You may be surprised how much this
small effort can inspire you.

5. 4. You don’t have enthusiasm.
You push yourself to get things done, but you’re not
inspired. Everything seems hard.
Stop working and learn how to play. Pick a hobby and
really go after it for 6 months. Schedule your “play
time” and stick to it. It will refresh your mind and free
up energy for other areas of your life.

6. 5. You don’t have support or
structure.
You let other people, circumstances or events drive
your choices, instead of designing your days around
your priorities. You go it alone, and your friends can’t
help you because they aren’t sure what you want.
So let your friends and family know what you want and
tell them how they can help you.

7. 6. You are waiting for success to
find you, instead of hunting it
down yourself.
Success is elusive, and sneaks up on your when you are
not looking – but only when you are working on
something that inspires you.
So get busy with something that lights you up and you
may find that success is looking over your shoulder.

8. 7. You have given up on yourself.
You don’t see enough value in who you are or what you
can do, so you let life happen to you instead of
directing it to your advantage.
This is serious. It’s also a lie. You have value as a person
no matter what your circumstances. And the best way
to find and increase this value is by using whatever
talents and resources you have to help others.
You will get back what you put out.

9. And if you are wondering how I
know all this, it’s because I’ve
made all these mistakes myself.
I’m still learning. And reviewing these 7 traps helps me
focus on what I need to change.
Now pick just one of these reasons and take 1 step
toward fixing it in your life. This first step is the
hardest.
Tell a good friend what you are trying to do and ask for
support. You can do it.