Tuesday, February 01, 2005
12 Ways We Sabotage Our Success
1. Ignore your own strengths and weaknesses.
We all have many individual attributes, but it is pointless trying to be someone or something that we are not. As Peter Thompson, the great motivational speaker says, "People will only do who they are."
Don't ignore reality. Learn who you are and build your business or career accordingly.
2. Stop learning.
For many people, the very idea of learning is something that they left behind at school or college. They don't read. In their jobs they only know one way. Their way.
Successful people are universally sponges for information. They read, listen to tapes, scour the Internet and spend their whole lives learning.
The best investment anyone can make in their business, career or life is in their own ongoing education. If you are spending less than $200 a year on learning new things, you are short-changing yourself.
Read more of this internet marketing article by Martin Avis?
We all have many individual attributes, but it is pointless trying to be someone or something that we are not. As Peter Thompson, the great motivational speaker says, "People will only do who they are."
Don't ignore reality. Learn who you are and build your business or career accordingly.
2. Stop learning.
For many people, the very idea of learning is something that they left behind at school or college. They don't read. In their jobs they only know one way. Their way.
Successful people are universally sponges for information. They read, listen to tapes, scour the Internet and spend their whole lives learning.
The best investment anyone can make in their business, career or life is in their own ongoing education. If you are spending less than $200 a year on learning new things, you are short-changing yourself.
Read more of this internet marketing article by Martin Avis?
