How many of these are your “Worst Enemy”?

In another post, “Craft Your Cause, Elevate Your Wealth“, I mentioned there are six big things that can keep you from completing your goals. It is possible you may not recognize them because they can appear in many different disguises and costumes. It is even possible that before you recognize them you could come under their spell. I am positive you know one or more of them personally. The goal is you have to identify them early on so they cannot cast their enchantment. You have to keep them at bay, and complete your aim and that of course is your task, goal or anything. The decision you will have to make is “what is your worst enemy or are there many“?

Do you put things off until later?

I do not want to keep you in suspense any longer, so let me introduce you to the first worst enemy, “procrastination”. How many times have you said to yourself or maybe even aloud to other people “I can complete that later”, “that is too hard”, “I will get to that later”, or “I need to learn how to do that so I will do it later”.

Procrastination comes in many disguises and can appear at any time. You may know it better as postponement, deferment, delay, or stalling. Which one of these do you know best? Or maybe you are well acquainted with all of them. In any case, when this action occurs all you are doing is putting off what you need to do. You cannot let this bad guy in. It does nothing but sabotage your dreams. Any time it comes around pull out your cause. It has to be defined with the texture, color, taste, and other things where your passion and commitment are more powerful.

Are you distracted easily?

Another “worst enemy” big thing that gets in the way every so often is “distractions”. How many of you like to watch shows on television or read a good book? How many times have your friends stopped by or called and say let’s go do something? They all sound like more fun than doing the required work at hand. And inevitably you will have said yes to any or all. But you know these are nothing more than distractions and closely related to procrastination. If you have answered yes to any of these questions then you have fallen for the trap laid by distraction. You delayed working on your goal. Are you relating to any of this?

No patience in doing things?

Now that you have permitted yourself to be distracted for some reason or another and procrastinated about working on your goals has been realized, you suddenly find another relative of the “worst enemy” creeping in the door, “impatience”. Do you find yourself impatient? Are you beginning to feel a little exasperated about not reaching that goal? Are you suddenly looking for short cuts? Is your work beginning to look sloppy appearing that you in a hurry to get it done?. All you want do is just get it done and be done with it.

Being impatient can cause so many problems, errors, and other concerns to appear. Your work becomes inconsistent. The people who depend on you are beginning to notice something is awry. They do not know if your help is going to be there on a regular schedule. They begin looking elsewhere for their solutions.

Do you feel shame?

This brings us to yet another relative of “worst enemy, shame”. You begin feeling shame or embarrassment. You
feel as though you have let people down. Your work has become sloppy. You sense your dream is fading and that you will never get there. Wow, what a thought! There is a possibility that the embarrassment you feel is not related to any of the previous things mentioned. Just maybe, there are some underlying reasons such as  

• You do not know how to do something.
• You do not understand something.
• Everything appears easy and simple but you just do not know where to start.
• There is a fear you will screw something up
• You are afraid you will fail.
• You fear success and feel shame at the same time.

Are you worthy?

This leads us to the last big thing that can stop us from living our dream. This can be a showstopper. It is the feeling that we are not good enough. How many times have you said I do not deserve this? How many times did you not do something because you did not feel worthy of it? You might be self-sabotaging your dreams because you do not deserve you believe it.

Worst Enemy in Your Life

All these things in this article are related. They will be in your life forever if you let them. You have to be on your guard at all times. Remember it is easy to say you will get to it later. But later never gets here and eventually you lose sight of your goals. To be a winner you have to plan your day and be consistent in what you do. You have to have a goal that is mightier than your worst enemies. You have to believe in yourself. If you do not, no one else will. Break down your goals in smaller, more manageable parts and enjoy that sense of accomplishment as you get things done. You deserve to be happy, healthy, and prosperous. Everyone does. And remember, it’s so much more rewarding when you get there due to your own hard work and sacrifice.  

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