Ineffective Habits

1.)  Having an uncaring attitude is the worst habit someone can have to damage a successful life.  I refer to this attitude as a habit because people frequently choose to not care or really put an effort forward.  It is a mental state which people often resort to in order to avoid feeling of failure or fear of it.  This lack of caring causes reduced efforts which in turn, will result in failure.

2.)  Highly emotional thought patterns are a receipt for disaster.  It is great to just enjoy the moment and live life to its fullest but important decisions should not be made on a mere whim or how you are feeling that day.  Life altering choices should be based purely on logic and reasoning.  Those two things may factor in your own personal feelings but decisions should never be emotionally based.

3.)  Choosing ignorance over reality is one of the worst habits a person can develop.  Problems need to be confronted head on, not overlooked and pretending that they do not exist.  Ignorance is not bliss.  Although it may temporarily provide some relief, it allows issues to fester and become worse in the future.  If things are dealt with immediatley, they will not have a chance to develop into something much more serious.

4.)  Thinking negatively is almost a guarantee for failure in whatever you attempt.  If you do not think that you will be successful in the task at hand, then it will become a self-fulling profecy. 

5.)  Procrastination is another horrible habit that can damage a successful life.  Leaving tasks to the last minute will not provide enough time to produce quality work or at least work that is below the person's true capabilties.
      

The Leader Within

Under the right circumstances, everyone can be a leader when the opportunity presents itself.  Not everyone is or will be a leader during their lifetime but I think that every person is capable of standing up for something and leading others along the way.  There is something in each peron's life that they would stand up for and influence the actions of others in some way to do the same thing.  Again, the perfect situation for this series of events to arise may never happen but it is definately possible for everyone to be a leader.