This blog post will be about eight seemingly good habits (tendencies, behaviors, mindsets) that are actually hurting us in the long term. They're harming our personal and professional lives, happiness, and health.

Some of these behaviors are indeed praise-worthy, but at the level they are a character of a lot of the society, they have lost the healthy balance and become hurtful.

For many years I also felt like these tendencies were something to strive for, and I tried to embody them, but through the years, I have realized how they have been more of a self-sabotage that is blocking me from true fulfillment and success than beneficial tools to reach goals.

We have spent so much time with this obsessive form of thinking - worrying - that we don't even notice anymore how we are engaging in it again. We believe it is our normal way of being.

Self-doubt is a lack of belief in your own abilities and in who you are. It is based on previous negative experiences that have made you doubt your worth. It undermines your potential and makes you procrastinate on the necessary action towards your goals.

Overthinking is a state that can suck energy out of you and paralyzes your actions. Overthinking leads you nowhere, because it keeps you worrying and fearing the outcomes.

Working on my mindset to get rid of limiting beliefs has made me much smarter and wiser than all that theoretical knowledge I was taught in school.

These habits hold you back not only in business, but also in life. You can have the best strategies for success in the world, but if you lack the right mindset, your results will still be very limited.

Have you been trying to use self-talk or positive affirmations, but have not seen yet the results you thought they would bring? Here is what you might be doing wrong.

Trying to change things only on a behavioral level does not work. You need to rewire your subconscious brain - deal with your limiting beliefs.

The reason why you are not motivated is not the lack of discipline, but the lack of vision and a clear “why” you do what you do.

The key to rewire your brain and change your experiences is to not only think yourself into a new experience but also to feel yourself into it.

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Perfectionism and people-pleasing — tendencies that give us a false feeling of benefit.

We need to be committed, disciplined, and ready to make sacrifices to get what we truly want.

The way we see failure as something bad and to be avoided, are mere cultural constructs which don’t serve us. Instead mistakes and failure are a necessary process of growth, and can become blessings if we choose the right perspective.

Many people struggle with conditional confidence because they place their confidence upon things they can’t control. When these things change, they lose their confidence and feel sad and frustrated. Developing unconditional confidence is what leads to long-term success and lasting happiness.

Several vision-less years taught me to decide on my life’s vision before someone else decides.

Fear of success — it sounds paradoxical, yet, it is very true for many people.

Our brain is designed to protect us. To protect us from danger and experiences, it does not regard as "normal." Anything that throws us out of our comfort zone.

And many times, it can also mean very positive experiences, such as success — in life, business, finances, sports, relationships, etc.