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Lolly Daskal is the president and CEO of Lead From Within, a global consultancy firm that specializes in leadership and entrepreneurial development. She gives very good advice on leadership. Here is her latest from Inc.com.

Stop doing these things if you want to be successful:

1. Running from problems

2. Cursing the darkness

3. Lying to yourself

4. Fear

It is human nature to feel fear, and most of us tend to fear what we don't understand. If you can understand your fears, you can free yourself from them.

5. Negativity

6. The word impossible

7. Winging it

8. Cynicism

9. Distraction

10. Selfishness

A truly successful life is made of giving, sharing, and praise, not taking, demanding, and criticizing.

11. Overthinking

12. Hoarding

Any form of hoarding is unhealthy and wastes your time, whether it's possessions, information, wisdom, or emotion.

13. Denial

14. Criticism

15. Comparison

16. Procrastination

There's no bigger waste of time than putting things off--it adds stress and takes away options for solving problems.

17. Complaining

18. Perfection

Find out the details to all 18 here.