Every one of us is looking for success and excellence, so we always find the traits that we should emulate, but that is not enough. You should focus on those that you should not follow.

According to an article published by the American Forge website, writer and blogger Darius Foro talked about his experience of meeting the first successful person in his life, which he admired very much and sought to emulate, he was always cheerful and has a lot of money.

The person had overcome the ordeal of his wife's death and kept his smile and good way of treating others, and he also told him that he "seeks to avoid being a failure." Consequently, he worked on identifying things that make someone unhappy and unsuccessful, lose motivation, and then avoid making the same mistakes.

Rather than studying what led to the success of others, the author followed his new friend's advice by paying close attention to the habits that prevented others from reaching their goals.

Here are ten barriers that we impose on ourselves and lead to failure, which makes us adopt a signal to re-evaluate our course and reverse it if necessary.

1 always absent-minded
In his book "Core," time management consultant Greg McQueen spoke of a colleague who was puzzled by his career and career choice. In the middle of their conversation, the man looked at his phone and started writing letters, then did the same after 10 seconds, then 20 seconds, and continued for a few minutes until he surrendered and went away.

The writer thinks about this incident when he feels that he is in a messy situation, and uses it as a way to remind himself to focus on the moment he lives and the people who are with him. If McCoyne's colleague reminds himself of the same thing, he is likely to get the job.

You should focus on the moment you live and the people with whom you are (Getty Images)

2 only talk
Doing something better than talking about it, says investor Derek Severs in 2010: "Keep your goals for yourself," based on the fact that advertising your plans limits your productivity and discourages you. The praise of the people you can hurt your will to follow the steps you set for yourself.

If an individual talks about his plans, Seifers says, the brain will be fooled and feel that you have done it, which psychologists call "social reality." If you are satisfied, you will be less motivated to do the hard work needed to turn the plan into reality, which means you should keep a little secret and put pressure on yourself.

3 spend time with bad friends
Friends around you can pay you to give your best, as they may do the opposite. If you want to improve your health, for example, stay with people who will encourage you to make those changes in your life. If you want to fail, you can stay with those who are used to bad health habits.

4 permanent focus on negative things
The writer talked about a friend's visit to him and express his grief, to find that he should focus on positive things without pretending that life is easy. And you can look at things in a realistic perspective without pointing to the bad in everything he sees. When we have a bad day, we must not hate everything, it means that our lives are simply bad.

Permanent focus on negative matters should be avoided (Getty Images)

5 procrastination
The writer recalled an incident with one of his professors at the college, where he asked him to extend the deadline for writing an article for an additional week, to the professor to say, "Would your article be better if you handed it in a week from now?". Therefore, you should delay things only when you take advantage of the extra time to do better.

6 not to listen to others
Being a good listener can guide you on the right path and help you maintain close and valuable relationships in the long run. While anyone you know can give you a hug, no one can call you to ask about you, so you can adopt a "meeting idea" based on asking about others and then listen to them and take care of them and repeat it.

Surrender to laziness is not fair to people close to you who want to have fun moments with you (Getty Images)

7 bow to laziness
We all have moments of temptation to cancel the plans we make for ourselves. We may feel that our efforts to leave the house can be tremendous compared to the amount of fun we get. We ignore the fact that new experiences make our lives beautiful. You are not fully involved in your life when you give in to laziness, nor is it fair to those close to you who want to have fun moments with you.

8 lack of curiosity
People have always used to follow their father's workmanship and humiliation, women have been unable to choose what they want, and the ability to learn new things has been very limited in old societies. Today, access to information is easier than ever, but those who benefit from this access to information are those who read books, ask questions, follow their curiosity and have more power to shape and shape their future.

Don't behave nicely.

9 not to behave nicely
The writer reported that you can only be a nice person. If you are having a hard time determining what a nice person is, you are likely to be a bad person.

10 surrender
According to Thomas Edison, "The best way to succeed is to try again." Success has not been achieved because of your abstention, and often after several failed attempts.