The 5 Biggest Threats to Your Awesomeness

 Developing your awesomeness can be quite difficult at times. Countless things will try to get in your way, and you have to power through them all if you want to reach your full potential. And although most of these obstacles are easily overcome,  there are those who pose a serious threat to your awesomeness.

These are five things that pose some of the greatest threats when it comes to developing your awesomeness.


#5 - Unoptimized Intake of Information

The rate at which you can take in and process information is crucial to your progress in awesomeness.

It's simple: the faster you can take in information, the faster you can learn and grow. Therefore, it is essential that you optimize your intake of information in every way you can.

And since the main way we all take in new information is through reading, we ought to make sure that our reading speed and comprehension rates are as high as possible, right? Well, as obvious as that may sound, most people don't seem to realize this, seeing how most people stop developing their reading speed at the age of twelve, and remain at that level for the rest of their lives.

With just a little time devoted to learning Speed Reading (and by little, I mean a couple of hours, tops) most people are able to at least triple their reading speed. Seems like a pretty fair deal to me, once you consider how much time you'd be saving every day if you tripled the speed at which you read.

#4 - The Desire to Quit

One of the greatest obstacles to your awesomeness is definitely your will to quit. It will always be there when taking on something big, or something difficult. Whenever you're working hard on developing your awesomeness, there will always be that annoying temptation to just quit and go on with your mundane life.

 This, obviously, is a great threat to your awesomeness - one slip-up, and you could find yourself having quit forever. Therefore, it's important that you find a way to quench that little voice that tells you to quit. You need to find a way to resist the temptation of doing nothing instead of evolving. Be it through discipline or raising your motivation, you must find a way to avoid quitting.

#3 - Accepting The Morals of Society

Society has its own set of morals, which are viewed by most people as the "right morals". Therefore, most people share them - and condemn those who do not. And while most of these morals serve to keep our species alive and prosperous, a lot of them can (and will) stand in the way of your awesomeness. For instance, most people have the notion that it is never okay to break the rules or cheat on anything, even if doing so would cause no harm to anyone and could really help propel you in life.

That is why you need to question each of your moral values that may stand in your way and ask yourself if they are truly your values, or just society's imprint on you.

#2 - Settling, and Being Content

I don't care what those Buddhist monks say - an essential part of our awesomeness comes from our desire to have more - to constantly improve. Without it, we would simply see no personal growth at all. Being content with things the way they are is pretty much the same as giving up, or quitting. If we're not constantly improving, we won't get anywhere in life.

Being satisfied with the way things are, leaning back and accepting a comfortable life is the first step to failure in this world. If you're content with the way things are, you will never reach the full potential of your awesomeness.

#1 - Poor Self-Discipline

I've covered the importance of discipline before, and how it is the cornerstone of all awesomeness. Therefore, I believe it comes as no surprise that it sits undisputed at the top of this list.
 
Self-discipline is a must for anyone trying to develop their awesomeness - without it, any personal improvement will be slow and scarce. You need self-discipline to stay on course, remain committed to the cause and withstand all the hardship that comes with developing an awesome lifestyle.

 
These are some of the biggest threats to awesomeness out there. However, if you manage to push past these obstacles, there will be very little that can stand in your way of becoming as awesome as you desire.

So what are you waiting for? Start tearing down these obstacles now!