 Habits are formed when you constantly act up in a certain way. These behaviors may be as a result of temperament or environment or a mixture of both. If you think deep into your childhood, you will observe that certain things you do now were the same attitude you displayed as a little child. This is why it is necessary to pay proper attention to the attitude of little children and help them form good habits even in their tender age. In this article, we will discuss the nine habits which every young person needs to stop. If you're an entrepreneur or an ambitious person, we specially invite you to join our motivational channel which was designed to give you daily inspirations so that you will have the strength to pursue and achieve your most important dreams. We call this channel Hunt TV and you can join in the description box. 1. Last-Minute Rush This is one common trait amongst young people. As a young person, it is much easier to lose focus and get distracted. This loss of focus often accounts for a loss of time and the last-minute rush. Other times, the reason for the last-minute rush is mere laziness. Many young folks today miss tangible opportunities due to this habit. Subsequently, last-minute rush has no advantage, but its disadvantages are numerous. Some of the consequences of last-minute rush include making mistakes, anger, emotional imbalance, and a host of others. As a young person, you must overcome this habit early enough if you ever dream of building a successful career. 2. Pretend If you have the habit of trying to gain people's approval or get something from others by pretending to be whom you are not, then you should stop. This practice usually stems from when a person is still very little. Growing up in a home where parents only appreciate children with specific traits often pushes the less-appreciated ones into attempting to be who they are not. This then becomes a habit which is displayed all through teenagehood and adulthood. If you continue to pretend you will never be your best, instead, you will always be a second option and you will not be able to maximize your potentials fully. 3. Telling lies From trying to escape beatings from parents to trying to escape from punishments in grade school and high school, this habit builds from the fear of taking responsibility. When you do something wrong and you are scared of the outcome, the safest route is to lie your way out. But then, the truth is that one lie is never enough to cover up your mess. You may have to keep lying to mask previous lies and in a short while, lying will eventually become a habit. Little wonder why Mark Twain asserted, if you tell the truth, you do not need to remember anything. A person who does not overcome the attitude of lying as a young person will turn out to be an irresponsible adult and will lose the trust of those around. 4. Leadness Keeping to time and appointment is a task that many young people fail to accomplish. There is this absurd notion amongst many young individuals that it is the greatest that comes last to a gathering. And so, in order to assume that feeling and pride of being the boss, a bunch of young individuals tend always to be unpunctual. Many of them defend this annoying habit, citing how awesome it is never to have to wait for people, implying that your time is more important than that of someone else which is inconsiderate and rude. If you must be late, then you must learn to communicate it to the other party in some time politely. Richard Cecil on one occasion mentioned, If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality. I have no right to throw away your time if I do my own. 5. Unwillingness to step out of your comfort zone The young age is a period of great vigor. However, this energy is often swallowed by the desire for comfortable living and stress-free life. In as much as it is advisable to form the habit of getting enough rest as a young person, it is also not spot on to stay stress-free. As a young person who desires to be successful, you must break the habit of staying in your comfort zone and participating activities that will stretch you, both mentally and physically. If you want to be a successful adult, then you must take heed to this advice by Roy T. Bennett. You can never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone. Change certain things at the end of your comfort zone. Change begins at the end of your comfort zone. Waiting to be a full adult before stretching yourself is wrong. Stop assuming that you do not yet have responsibilities because you do have responsibilities. We all do. 6. Feeling Entitled You must have seen little children who are fond of asking, where is my own? Whenever anything is given to their older siblings. Many people consider that to be a normal question amongst little children and do not bother to curtail it at their young age. The entitlement mentality behavior demonstrated by many young individuals today turned to be a habit from when they kept asking, where is my own? Feeling entitled blinds you from seeing that you are not any better than those who don't have what you have. Instead, it gives you the feeling that whatever you have is your right and that you deserve more. According to Chris Jamie, man is not by nature deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something that is when we start working all over others to get it. As a young person, your approach towards life has to change from, I deserve everything good, to everything I have is a blessing and a privilege. 7. Eating Too Much Junk Junk food is the quickest solution to the hunger of many average young persons. Due to the laziness of this phase, eating junk is often the best way to silent the groaning worms of the stomach. Nonetheless, junk foods have adverse effects which may not appear until old age. Eating out is equally another habit that many young people adopt. Excessive eating out or eating junk is an unhealthy habit with diverse consequences. A study by Seattle-based Institute disclosed that unhealthy diets and intake of food that lacks any nutrient causes about 11 million deaths which could have easily been prevented. This figure is more than deaths caused by tobacco which were around 8 million. As a young person, you must learn to overcome the habit of eating out and eating junk food. You must learn to cook your food by yourself with a lot of fruits and vegetables. Michael Pollan gave a tip that will help you reduce your junk intake. He says, eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself. That way, it will be less junky and you won't eat it every day because it is a lot of work. 8. Addictions Kate Middleton defined addiction as a highly complex and destructive disease. Whose impact can be simply devastating and which can shatter dreams, lives and families? There are various forms of addictions that many young people get entangled in. These addictions most times started as small habits caused by peer pressure. Some of them are taking excessive alcohol, smoking, taking hard drugs, social media addiction, betting and gambling, gaming and even watching TV. Addictions take a toll on both the addicts and the people closest to them. The easiest time to break free from these addictive habits is at a young age because when you grow older, you may not be able to let go and these things will go a long way in affecting your productivity and life in general. 9. Ungratefulness The sense of entitlement with which many young people mirror their parents from childhood is the reason behind the ungrateful attitude they portray as they grow up. A lot of youths assume that anything given to them or help rendered to them is originally theirs. Hence, they need not be thankful for it. The thought pattern and habit of not being appreciative is one bad habit that is very common today. If not stopped as early as possible, this attitude tends to follow you into adulthood and make you become an adult who never appreciates but always finds fault in everything done by others. And just before you go, watch other videos on YouTube. If you are an entrepreneur or an ambitious person, we invite you to join our motivational channel. The objective of the channel is to give you daily inspiration so that you will have the strength to pursue and achieve your most important dreams. We call this channel Hunt TV and you can join in the description box. We love you.