Here are the biggest mistakes to avoid at all costs for the maintenance and furtherance of your career. Kindly keep on reading through.
Inability to control your temper. If you want to fast track your career to the toilet then be someone who gets angry and yells, especially in meetings. There’s a saying “Don’t raise the volume of your voice. Improve the quality of your argument.” and another, “Men are like steel – when they lose their temper, they lose their value.” If you want to lose respect fast, then get angry when you don’t get your way; be petulant; pout; stamp your feet and yell at people who disagree with you. You’ll be looking for a new career in no time.
Gossip. Gossiping is like cheating – if you do it with them, you will do it to them. That’s what your coworkers will be thinking when you tell them the latest detail about another employee. Everyone wants to hear the latest news. You will too. Listen to what’s said and then SHUT THE HELL UP. “Nothing is always a good thing to say”. You can think anything you want about anybody you want. You are the master of your thoughts. But once you put voice to your thoughts, your words have become master of YOU. There is a saying on 4Chan about this: “If you think it, don’t say it. If you say it, never write it in an email. If you write it, don’t sign it. If you think it, say, write it and sign it, don’t be surprised what happens to you.” Every word you utter, every email you send, everything you express will be used for you or against you. Never do or say something that can be used against you.
Bad attitude. The single biggest thing that will affect your career is your attitude. If you have a bad attitude it will like tying an anchor to your leg and trying to swim. If you have a good attitude it will be like putting on wings and flying above your peers. Nothing and I mean nothing – works like having a great attitude, being an eternal optimist and seeking the best in the and the people. That doesn’t mean being delusional or unrealistic. It means putting the best face on every bad situation and working to turn it to the ’s and your advantage – your attitude will be the first thing people remember about you. Make it count to your advantage. If I could give one single piece of advice to anyone about their career it’s to improve their attitude always.
Disrespect of Management. In the book and movie “The Caine Mutiny” a group of naval officers are required to take the ship from the Captain in a moment of crisis. He’s not a great officer and they spent the past months calling him names behind his back as if he didn’t know. When the crisis comes, he feels he cannot depend on them and put their lives in jeopardy. They become mutineers. I recommend everyone in business watch this movie. You have absolutely no idea how lonely it is to be the boss until you’re the boss and when you are you will want everyone to support you. And you will need to get rid of the malcontents who don’t.
Undermining of authority. If you have a boss, no matter how much he sucks (and there are plenty who do) then you support him to the best of your ability because he has the job – not you. When you can’t do that anymore, then leave. Loyalty is remembered by everyone – and so is disloyalty.
Lying or exaggeration. Your words are how people will judge you. You can get people, even important people, to move mountains to get things done if you lie or exaggerate about the situation or the consequences. Don’t ever do that. It might work once. It might work twice. But when it stops working everything you do will be discounted. When you communicate keep three things in mind: what are the facts? what do the facts mean? what do we do about the facts? Everything else is editorial.
Laziness/Tardiness/Chiseling/Shirking. You’re not fooling anyone when you show up late and leave early, when you clean up your desk fifteen minutes before you leave, when you read the paper on the toilet or take an extra long lunch. This is all chiseling, stealing time from the . And people notice.
Stop learning. The time is going to come when the job gets easier and you may be tempted to slack off. Don’t do it! “Today’s cutting edge tool is tomorrow’s blunt instrument.” Keep learning and growing. When you stop learning, you start dying. In business this means you become stale and less valuable. Go to those seminars. Read the articles. Talk to people who know something. Develop opinions and voice them. Don’t let yourself get stale – that will happen soon enough and when you’re older it will be much, much harder to make them up. Keep it up now!
Procrastinate. Yes it’s true – procrastination is the thief of time. If you have to do it, then do it now while it’s easier. If you wait you may miss opportunities and as they say, “Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity meet”. You make things happen by doing what you can right now. Interruptions are a fact of life. Don’t let them rule your life – you rule them. “Let circumstances dictate your priorities and let priorities dictate your actions.” Do it now. “Now is the only time anything ever happens.”
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