What Successful People Don't Do

What Successful People Don't Do

They don't:
•Define success with money
•Make important decisions on a whim
•Underestimate the importance of planning
•Go to sleep until their to-do list is done
•Make their to-do list overwhelmingly large
•Set unrealistic goals
•Work for hours on end
•Sleep the day away
•Put others before their family
•Work harder, they work smarter
•Always get what they want
•Go a day without giving thanks
•Walk past the homeless guy in the street without giving him some of their money or time
•Drink too much
•Let themselves go
•Let bad habits control them
•Know everything....and that's okay with them
•Care What other people think about them
•Back down from adversity
•Don't stop
•Give other people the power to define "success" for them
•Accept anything as truth without questioning it
•Let friends or family dictate major life decisions
•Cling to past beliefs that were proven wrong
•Concern themselves with the unpredictable
•Agonize over criticisms or personal insults
•Think success will come "quick" or "easy"
•Wait for the "right time" to take action
•Forget the people who matter
•Waste their time
•Ignore pressing concerns
•Dosge responsibilities
•Care what you think
•Doubt themselves
•Go at it alone
•Fear future failure
•Fear their successes
•Tolerate clutter
•Ignore the big vision
•Act without thinking
•Blame others for their failures
•Waste time feeling sorry for themselves
•Give away their power
•Shy away from change
•Waste energy on things they can't control
•Worry about please everyone
•Fear taking calculated risks
•Dwell on the past
•Make the same mistakes over and over
•Resent other people's success
•Give up after the first failure
•Fear alone time
•Feel the world owes them anything
•Expect immediate results

They won't:
•Let anyone limit their joy
•Forget
•Die in the fight
•Prioritize perfection
•Live in the past
•Dwell on problems
•Hang around negative people
•Hold grudges
•Say yes unless they really want to

They never:
•Let the past dictate the future
•Gossip
•Say "yes" when they really mean "no"
•Interrupt
•Run late (without an incredibly good reason)
•Resent
•Decide they don't have the time
•Fit in (just to fit in)