There are many things that hold us back in life. Most of these things stem from ourselves, our culture, our experiences and even our families, and they build fears and limitations in our lives, which holds us back.
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For the past few years, I have observed what holds many of us back in life. These little habits, little attitudes and mindsets are carriers of these things that hold us back and hinder us from not actualising our dreams. In this article, I am going to highlights 7 things that hold us back in life and make us not live our best lives.
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Waiting For The Right Time
The truth is there is no perfect time to do anything worthwhile. The perfect time is an illusion. It doesn’t exist. The reason why you’ve not started that project is as a result of uncertainty messing with your mind. The remaining months of the year are in your hands and you can do as you please with them, they’re in your control.
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Expecting Different Results When You’ve Done Nothing Different
Albert Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If you want to see something new, try something new. Tweak your strategy, change your approach. Don’t just sit down thinking that something out of the sky will manifest.
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Being Closed-Minded To New Ideas And Perspective
One of the reasons why you’re being held back in life is your inability to be open-minded to new ideas and perspectives. While the world is advancing by adopting new ideas and perspectives, you’re holding on tenaciously to tradition. You fail to understand that there is no idea that holds absoluteness of truth; that an idea you held on to be truthful yesterday doesn’t mean it can’t be totally truthful today.
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Being Unplanned Or Unfocused
When you don’t live an unplanned, unfocused or indeliberate life, this can hold you back. When you live without a goal in sight – maybe daily, weekly, monthly or annual goals – you find yourself being held in one spot due to a lack of planning and foresight. When we go through this life without any sense of purpose and direction, we are holding ourselves back.
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Living Life Without Taking The Necessary Risks
What separates highflyers from those who are not doing well in life is the ability to take risks regardless. Not taking risks and clutching to illusional safety is the reason why you’re grounded in one spot for a long time. Taking a risk doesn’t mean being careless or doing something that can cause us harm, even approaching people for help is a risk.
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Negative Association
Hanging around people with a negative mentality can drown into the depths of setbacks. If you’re surrounded by small-minded who discourage every one of your efforts towards becoming better, you’ve better cutoff from them. Each time you set out to pursue a career, start a new business or do a project, they talk you out of it.
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Holding On To Past Mistakes
This is a huge reason why you’re not making progress and being held back – the past. Many are victims of their past. We let our past define our lives and our choices. Rather than see the past as an event, we make it a life sentence. Simply because it didn’t work in the past doesn’t mean it won’t work again if we change the idea or tweak the approach.
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This article was first published on 28th August 2021
nnaemeka-emmanuel
Nnaemeka is an academic scholar with a degree in History and International Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also a creative writer, content creator, storyteller, and social analyst.
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