Impediments to success

Impediments to success

By E. Stanley Ukeni

If you are reading this article, chances are that you’re tired of the boring grind of the life of mediocrity and insignificance—and are seeking to figure out how to evolve beyond your current station in live. I dare say that by reading this brief you have already embarked on the path to success.

My sense is that the vast majority of those reading this piece want to be aware of some of the possible impediments that you may encounter on your path to a more fulfilling life, so that you can avoid them.   

Before we proceed, let’s briefly explore what it means to be successful. I consider success as the attainment of a balanced quality of life. In other to achieve true success in life, one must have attained a high-level of spiritual, relational, financial and physical quality of live. 

Let me start by making this statement of fact. It is unfortunate, but most people will not achieve success during their lifetime, even though they desire it. And the majority of the world’s population will not evolve—they will not progress beyond their narrow experience. 

It’s not that they don’t want to evolve; they just lack the will and desire to continuously improve themselves, and deepen their relationship with the world around them. It takes too much energy and effort to inwardly reflect.

Majority of people, given the chance, simply shy away from self-analysis and self-reflection—perhaps because they are afraid of confront their personal inadequacies. But constant self-examination is a prerequisite to success. How can one ever hope to create products, or offer up needful services, that would be of value to others around the world if they are not willing to continually improve and evolve their thinking and prospective about life?

So what is a person who is determined to improve their station in life do? Well, the following are a few ideas of how to get starting on the path to success and improved well-being.

In other to be successful, one needs to consistently engage in worthwhile endeavors. It’s important to focus one’s attention and energy on a few core goals—and strive to be the best at it, rather than aim to do so many thing without being very good at any one of them. You can be assured of mediocrity if you are merely content to get by in life without attempting to discover your core talent or innate ability.         

To nurture a success mentality, one should seek to associate one’s self with successful people or those aspiring to success. People with mediocre aspirations will always seek to discourage those who seek to pursue bigger dreams and grander ambitions—stay away from them whenever possible because they will systematically poison your dreams.

Be mindful that, if one hangs around these low-aspiration people long enough they will start to belief that their goals are impossible to achieve—they’ll acquire the caustic tendency to become discouraged.

Once one decides to rise above mediocrity, it becomes vitally important to constantly guard against the ever-present tendency to revert back to small-mindedness. People have a tendency to revert back to their comfort-zone. This is often times a recipe for failure. I suggest that once you begin your climb up the ladder of success, don’t look down. When you get to the summit of achievement, you can then afford to reach down and lift others up if you so desire.   

It’s important to save more of your earnings by indulging less on useless frivolity. Remember, your saving might come in handy when you’re ready to launch your idea. Equally, it’s important that you invest more of your disposable income in constantly improving your education. Your future success depends on constantly upgrading you knowledge and skills.

Since every area of your life exerts decisive influence on every other aspects of one’s life, it’s important to give up bad habits—they could be a major impediment or hindrance to success. Also, give up bad habits will make one more resilient in times of challenge and difficulty.

If your belief system restricts your ability to expand your horizons, you have to discard it and adopt a more progressive faith and vision. Obviously, this is easier said than done—it would take courage for one to abandon his or her cherished notions. However, this has to be done, if one is prepared to venture on the path to success.

I have a feeling that you can now feel yourself shaking off the shackles of mediocrity that has kept you from your birthright of success and enhanced well-being. By reading this article, you have taken a critical step on your journey to success in life.

Once you fully commit to eliminating the impediments to your success, I can’t imagine anything or anyone stopping you from achieving a fuller and more rewarding life—except yourself. Success is awaiting you just around the corner…go embrace it.

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