DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO PUSH PAST THE BARRIERS TO SUCCESS?

It is truly fascinating how successful people approach problems. Where others see impenetrable barriers, they see challenges to embrace and obstacles to overcome.

Their confidence in the face of hardship is driven by the ability to let go of the negativity

Success in life is driven by one critical distinction: whether you believe your failures are produced by personal deficits beyond your control or they are mistakes you can fix with effort.

Success is not the only thing determined by your mindset. Much higher rates of depression in people who attribute their failures to personal deficits. Optimists fare better; they treat failures as learning experiences and believe they can do better in the future.

This success mindset requires emotional intelligence (EQ).

Maintaining the success mindset is not easy. There are seven things, in particular, that tend to shatter it. These challenges drag people down because they appear to be barriers that cannot be overcome. Not so for successful people, as these seven challenges never hold them back.

1. Age
Age really is just a number. Successful people do not let their age define who they are and what they are capable of.

Without fail, people feel compelled to tell you what you should and should not do because of your age. Do not listen to them. Successful people certainly do not. They follow their heart and allow their passion—not the body they are living in—to be their guide.

2. What Other People Think
When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own destiny and you can always take peoples opinions with a grain of salt. That way, no matter what other people are thinking or doing, your self-worth comes from within.

Successful people know that caring about what other people think is a waste of time and energy. When successful people feel good about something they have done, they do not let any ones opinions take that away from them.

No matter what other people think of you at any particular moment, one thing is certain: You are never as good or as bad as they say you are.

3. Toxic People
Successful people believe in a simple notion: You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.

Just as great people help you to reach your full potential, toxic people drag you down with them. Whether it is negativity, cruelty, the victim syndrome or just plain craziness, toxic people create stress and strife that should be avoided at all costs.

If you are unhappy with where you are in your life, take a look around. More often than not, the people you have surrounded yourself with are the root of your problems.

You will never reach your peak until you surround yourself with the right people.