These Are The Habits That Successful People Avoid

1. Avoiding Conflict — Successful people confront whoever they need to to sort things out.

Be it their partner, boss or themselves, they do not hide just to avoid a possible conflict, knowing it’s always better to deal with it rather than ignore it.

2. Staying with People longer than they Should — Does the relationship bring them joy? Does it benefit them? Does it bring interesting and engaging conversations? Or is it just a toxic waste of time?

Some people are simply not worth the effort to keep them as friends, even if you’ve known them for years. When the time comes to move on, move on!

With over 7 billion other people on the planet it’s time to find some better friends!

3. Wasting their Time — Successful people do not stick everything through just because they started it. They will walk out of movie theaters, will end a toxic conversation and will end vacations early that prove to be unfulfilling.

They may try to change the situation first, but will leave before they risk loosing even more of their time.

Realize that sometimes the best way to save your time is by accepting the losses you’ve made so far and leaving before you loose more.

4. Waiting, Hoping and Praying — While successful people still engage in all of these things, they do not rely on them to do anything at all.

They hope, wish and pray for a bright future but, at the same time, do more than 99% of the world is willing to do to create a bright future for themselves.

Nothing will happen when you sit idly on the sidelines.

5. Slowing Down — A lot of us get lulled into a false sense of security when things are going okay.

We have enough money to get by, are happy enough to be okay, and have enough going on in our lives that everything is fine. We slow down because of this and relax, not thinking about how one slip up or one negative event can ruin this delicate balance.

Successful people don’t let it come to this. They keep going regardless of where they are, working hard and enjoying it all the same.

After all; there is nothing gained by living small. You might as well give life your all at every twist and turn!

6. Binding themselves to social constructs — The Time of the day is just one example of this. So many people obsess about getting up early, following a set routine and planning out their days they lose sight of what really matters.

No matter when a successful person gets up, be it 4 a.m. or 3 in the afternoon, they will still do what matters. Time, in this case, is nothing more than a construct that would limit them.

The same goes for the day of the week, normal approaches, what’s thought to be possible or impossible, and many others.

7. Wasting their Words — Unless they are undoubtedly sure that they will do something, they will not waste their words on it.

While most of us treat our words as just words, successful people think of each word as a binding contract, regardless of who the words are directed to.

Most of the time it’s better to say nothing at all. “Actions speak louder than words.”

Originally published at http://quora.com.