10 Toxic Habits Most Of Us Don’t Realize We Have

#5 Not following through on what you say

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With nearly 40% of our daily actions being automatic, it isn’t impossible to believe that at least one of them is non-ideal for growth. Some are beneficial — such as breathing or driving a car — but others, on the contrary, are introducing preventable chaos into our lives; therefore, they need to be addressed.

#1 Expecting the worst to happen

I tend to describe myself as a ‘worst case scenario thinker.’ It’s the classic ‘hope for the best; prepare for the worst’ mindset, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing; however, when it comes to expectations, it’s a bit of a different story. I wrote an article a while back about the one thing more powerful than positive thinking and in it, we found that our thoughts are the gateway to a lot of outcomes throughout our lives.

Your Biggest Problem Is Self-Talk

You have a presentation coming up at work and all you can think about is the possibility that you completely bomb it. You are actively self sabotaging because where your mind…