Are you sabotaging your success? If so, you’re not alone. A magazine conducted a survey, (which you’ll read about below) and 60% of the participants credit ‘self sabotage’ as their biggest challenge.
I guess the first question that comes to mind, is “Why would anyone want to keep themselves from success?”
Funny thing is, there a lot of reasons why people do it. Many reasons are based on some type of fear like: fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of change, or even fear of success. Yes, that’s really a fear.
I was listening to an interview the other day, and this topic came up. It was an interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer, who some folks call the “Father of Motivation.”
In a survey conducted by HealthyWealthynWise magazine, readers were asked, “What’s your biggest challenge?”
The results might surprise you. I know they caught my attention. 60% of the readers reported ‘holding themselves back,’ as their biggest challenge.
Wow, sixty-percent is pretty high, isn’t it? If you were asked that question, would your answer be the same?
Holding yourself back or self-sabotaging yourself, is based on beliefs and habits. A belief is a thought that you keep thinking, over and over again. A habit is a behavior that you keep doing repeatedly.
Here’s what Dr. Dyer says about self sabotage,
…you cannot find moving ahead and moving forward by hanging on to what you used to be. If there’s any advice that I could be giving you right now, it would be giving up your personal history.
Did you get that? What he’s saying is that so many of us never move forward because we hold on to the past. We spend so much time focusing on our past, that we let it run our lives.
It makes sense, if you think about it. If you keep living in the past, especially if you’re not happy about your past, guess what…you’ll keep getting the same results. Nothing will change.
The point is, if you feel like you could be sabotaging yourself, then step back and take a look at things from a different perspective. Whether you want a loving relationship, more money, better career, or just plain happiness – your success depends on making sure you’re not stuck in the belief that your past is the reason why your can’t move forward.
Shake things up. Do things differently. And don’t let your past define you. Instead, let go of that type of thinking, by focusing more on appreciating everything that you have – and can do – in the present moment. And deliberately look for things that make you happy.
Here’s an audio excerpt of the interview in the video below:
Click here to listen to the full Dr. Wayne Dyer interview, for FREE.
So, do you think you’ve been sabotaging your success? Do you think you’ve been holding yourself back? Share your thoughts in the comments below…