Snap Out of It! 7 Habits That Hold You Back From Success

"Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top." - J.C. Penney

1. Trying to get even instead of getting ahead: Spending your life getting even with people who have hurt you will block you from success. You can't be more dedicated to blocking someone else's success than you are to achieving your own. You will never have time for both. Success is the best and most honorable revenge, anyway.
2. Trying to be perfect: Perfection is something that no person can achieve. Being hung up on achieving perfection robs you of time, your most precious asset. The highest achievement possible is excellence. Excellence is not the absence of mistakes, but it is when the rights outweigh the wrongs.
3. Procrastinating: Procrastination breeds poor quality, mistakes and disaster. Time is your greatest asset. The more time you have, the greater potential you have for quality and peace of mind.
4.  Minoring in majors, majoring in minors: Success is about being clear about and taking care of your priorities. One of the main reasons people fail is because they give too much attention to things that don't matter in the big picture and too little attention to the things that do. They want to satisfy their passions of the moment more than they want to create the future of their dreams.
5. Doing things over and over that are getting you no results: Success is a process of trial and error. You keep trying different formulas until your results are in alignment with success. If you are aware that what you are doing is getting you nowhere why are you still attached to that method?
6. Feeling entitled to success: The only possible way you are entitled to success is if you work for it. All successful (not just rich, but successful) people have worked hard for their success. The world doesn't owe you any favors. If you aren't willing to work, your success rate will always be zero.
7. Doing your job and nothing else: True success is going the extra mile. It is making yourself stand out by working harder, smarter and longer than the rest of the masses. One of the fastest ways to achieve success is doing more than what is required and expected. People take notice when you do more than what you have to do.