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1. Procrastinating:
If you're
always late on completing things, people stop relying on you;
soon they start resenting you.
2. Getting involved with the wrong
people:
Yes, there are bad people in the world. If you
keep giving them the benefit of the doubt, you'll be the one
who has to clean up the mess.
3. Saying yes when you want to say
no:
It will result in burnout, loss of credibility, and
loss of respect from others and yourself.
4. Assuming others don't
want
anything in return:
It is human nature to almost always
want something in return, even when people say they don't.
Thinking ahead about what that might be can save you problems
when others try to collect.
5. Playing it safe:
The world is
in a rapid state of change. Doing the same old thing over and
over and expecting it to be good enough may turn out not to be
so safe after all. TOP
6. Always having to be right:
Know-it-alls who don't know what they're talking about are
jerks, whereas know-it-alls who do know what they're talking
about are merely asses. Always having to be right can create
so much resentment that you'd better always be right, because
you're building a constituency of people who can't wait to see
you fall on your face.
7. Focusing on what others are doing
wrong:
This is a de-motivating habit. Focusing on what the
other person is not doing makes it difficult for you to keep
trying hard.
8. Not learning from your mistakes:
Successful people don't make fewer mistakes than unsuccessful
people, but they repeat fewer mistakes.
9. Talking when nobody's listening:
This leads you to think that what you have said is going to be
done, when in fact it's not. To make matters worse, you have
to repeat the entire process. And this time you're going to be
angry. TOP
10. Taking things too personally:
When people take criticism too personally, instead of seeing
that it is about fixing a problem, the problem becomes larger
and takes longer to fix.
11. Having unrealistic expectations:
When you confuse what is reasonable with what is realistic
(it's reasonable to want to re-engineer your business; it's
not realistic to do it all at once), you set yourself up to
fail.
12. Trying to take care of
everybody:
You can't take care of everybody and do a
decent job. In attempting to take care of everyone, nobody,
including you, will be satisfied.
13. Refusing to "play games":
Politics, schmoozing, and small talk are all necessary in
order to succeed. TOP
14. Being envious of others:
Teamwork is ruined when team members envy each other to the
extent that they root against each other.
15. Quitting too soon:
You have
more control over trying or quitting than over success or
failure. If you always quit, you'll never succeed; if you
always try, you'll eventually succeed.
16. Letting fear run your life:
You were bad at science and math. The Internet is here to stay
whether you like it or not. If you let fear run your life, it
just might run you out of your job.
17. Not moving on after a loss:
When you spend more time NOT cutting your losses than you do
moving ahead, you can't move ahead.
18. Not asking for what you need:
What's important to you is not necessarily important to
others. If you don't ask for what you need - whether it's
something to help you do your job, or a promotion - you're
leaving it to other people's imagination. And if you think
your well-being is a high priority to them, you have a good
imagination.
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