5 Ways You Are Sabotaging Yourself

In one way or the other, we all tend to suffer or have suffered in self-sabotaging behaviors. It could be knowingly or unaware of how your actions are affecting your life. This is the behavior that hinders our success, life and relationships even though you have your dreams and wishes to fulfill. It has been proven that the actual root cause of such characters comes from low self-esteem and negative attitude and emotions.In this article I would reveal to you some of the behaviors that make you less effective. To keep you aware of them.Read on!

Procrastination

Think about the time you had an assignment to do, but you pushed it to later and instead scrolled down through Facebook or Whatsapp enjoying the memes. Right! I believe most of us are guilty of this. Although this seems a fun way of living, the truth is that most of the times we end up not doing the assignment completely or doing it in haste so that you don't get great results. Procrastination is a deadly disease to your life and success as it makes you not to rich your full potential. We need to think beyond why we procrastinate, it can be because of fear or doubt, and start taking action today. Our future can only be bright if we stop procrastinating and work.

Comparison

Have you heard the saying "Comparison is The Killer Of Joy"? I'm certain we have all encountered the saying, but have we taken time to internalize it? The truth is comparison is a sure way for you to derail your own life and success. Comparison will make you feel frustrated and disappointed in yourself. You will eventually start feeling that you are not good enough. Do not kill yourself because of somebody else's success. We ought to understand that we are all on our own different time frames. We should learn not to compete but rather to collaborate. What you desire will only come to you when the time is right!

Self-criticism

Do you recognize that inner voice that always makes you doubt your capabilities and worth? That is self-criticism and also a part of self-sabotaging behaviors.It's important for you to be aware of your thoughts and that inner voice in order to avoid paying attention to it. What is your inner voice speaking to you my sound the easy way out of any situation? However, you need to get out of your head and start taking action without fear of failure. We need to train ourselves to stop believing in our inner voice because it can only bring us to have low self-esteem and low self-belief.

Pessimism

When you always have a tendency of seeing only the bad side of life, situations or people, this is a sign for you to know you are doing more harm to your life's productivity. You don't see beauty in the world. Such character makes you fail to appreciate the little things in your world. Gratitude is an important part of any being who desires to live happily.No goodness can come out of a pessimist. The law of nature works according to the strength of your emotions. If you always have a negative attitude and emotions, nature will also bring you loads of reasons for you to continue having negative thoughts.Success thrives to those who view life with a half-full glass. You can only attract who you are!

Overindulgence

We all have a way to deal with our emotions, either happy or sad. It becomes self-sabotaging behavior when we fail to face whatever we are feeling and indulge in harmful practices. Such practices may harm us physically, emotionally, mentally and socially.Drug misuse, overeating are examples of overindulgence. Running away from a problem never solves anything. Overindulging affects your productivity, and your life gets wasted. Finding a way to deal with your emotions can be of great help in making you not to use too much of drugs or food. Having friends over or trying out new hobbies is an activity you can engage in.

As individuals, growth is crucial to occur for development and success in our endeavors.We therefore need to be on the look out for such sabotaging behaviors and do away with such characters.Identify the behaviors that curtail you from living a fully enriched life. It may be difficult to let go of your self-destructive ways, but it's important to remember that it's only for your dream. Start taking action today. Good luck on that!