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8 work based habits to kill if you
want to advance your career
Failure to learn new technology: By resisting new ways
of doing things will leave you behind. Keeping pace with
the changes in technological developments will help you to
gain better opportunities in career development and earning
better income.
Lying: If you are caught up in lie, your credibility will be
destroyed. The worst thing is that gaining such lost credibility
is extremely difficult because no matter how honest you are in
future, you will often be remembered as the “person who lied”.
Being defensive: What are your reactions to disapproving
feedback on your performance from your manager or
colleagues? If it is always defensive, you should not be
surprised that your career has stagnated. Such reactions
make people to give up on having meaningful interactions
with defensive people. Your colleagues and managers will
avoid you, stop telling you how you can improve and your
relationships at work will be destroyed since no one will want
to work with you or share information with you.
Disorganisation: Being organised increases your reputation
at work, with colleagues and your contemporaries. By having
organised working space, paying attention to details, doing
what you promise to do when you promise to do it shows
mojatu
how organised you are. By building a reputation as someone
reliable and someone people can have confidence in helps.
If you are disorganised, people will often conclude that you
cannot be trusted or counted on to keep your word.
Failure to promote your own work: Failing to promote your
work prevents others knowing about your good work. This
will lead to failure of recognition, poor reputation, low salary
and limitation of prospects of your career advancement. Make
sure that your managers are aware of your achievements that
go beyond your normal work.
Being too negative: By constantly complaining about
your organisations policies, practices and progress and how
unpleasant your bosses, colleagues and operations are you
are probably digging your career into a hole. Creating an
unpleasant environment for people around you and to work
in will not just hurt your friends but also your career. Having a
reputation a bitter person or the one with bad attitude will not
go very well with your career.
Taking rash decisions: Avoid impulsive decisions at work
and in your career life if you want it to progress. Whether it
is taking up a new job without considering its implications
or it is walking away from a job in haste, impulsive decision-
making has no place in your career. The decisions you make
about work will often have far-reaching ramifications on your
daily life, reputation and wallet.
Being unassertive: You might think that not making waves
is the best way to succeed professionally, but. By not being
assertive about decisions or actions you believe are wrong, or
that will lead your organisation to disaster will lead to career
failure. Not speaking up on things you believe in, including
asking for a raise, will hurt your career progression. Voicing
your opinion should be done professionally to ensure you
gain audience and lead to the impact you wish to create.
There is a big difference between being assertive and being
obnoxiously pushy!
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