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15 Ways To Slowly Destroy Your Career : By Emmie Martin |
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T'ere are (i) mista*es t'at +an instantly ruin your re,utation
at wor* or e-en )et you .ired/ But more
+ommonly! it0s t'e )radual a++umulation o. smaller o..enses t'at
*ee,s em,loyees .rom )ettin) a'eadin t'eir +areers/ Bad 'a(its!
su+' as )i-in) +urt res,onses to emails or *ee,in) to yoursel. all
day! +ould
(e 'urtin) your re,utation w'et'er you reali2e it or not/ 3ere
are 15 (ad (e'a-iors t'at will slowly
erode your +redi(ility and +ost you in t'e end/
1/ You don0t ada,t to t'e +om,any +ulture/ E-ery wor*,la+e
o,erates under its own set o. so+ial
+ustoms/ 4ot ma*in) an e..ort to assimilate into t'is +ulture
+an ma*e you seem disa,,ro-in) orud)mental/ T'is 'olier6t'an6t'ou
attitude is alienatin) to +owor*ers and ma*es it seem li*e you
don0t
+are a(out .ormin) ,ositi-e relations'i,s in t'e o..i+e/
"/ You ma*e e+uses/ 4ot ta*in) res,onsi(ility .or your mista*es
and .ailures will +at+' u, wit' you/Waitin) until t'e day a ,roe+t
is due to e,lain w'y you0re (e'ind! .or eam,le! tells your (oss t'
at
you +an0t mana)e your time well/
%/ You do t'e (are minimum/E-en i. you always meet deadlines and
+onsistently turn in 8uality wor*!
doin) only t'e (are minimum ma*es you seem +om,la+ent/ 9n t'e
ot'er 'and! loo*in) .or
o,,ortunities instead o. waitin) .or t'em to .all into your la,
s'ows your (oss t'at you0re dri-en and+are a(out your .uture at t'e
+om,any/
$/ You don0t .ollow t'rou)'/W'en you .ail to do w'at you say
you0re )oin) to do! .rom resto+*in) t'e
,rinter to +o,y editin) your nei)'(or0s re,ort! you )arner a
re,utation .or (ein) unrelia(le/ ee,in)your word s'ows t'at you0re
a++ounta(le and +an (e trusted wit' more res,onsi(ilities w'en it
+omes
time to (e +onsidered .or a ,romotion/
5/ You dress li*e a slo(/9n+e you0re settled into a ,osition! it
+an (e easy to let your a,,earan+e .all (y
t'e wayside/ 3owe-er! .ailin) to loo* ,ut6to)et'er undermines
your +redi(ility and aut'ority and may
ma*e you seem li*e you don0t +are / ;emem(er t'e a)e6old sayin):
Dress .or t'e o( you want/
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1#/ You write (rus8ue emails/ 4o matter 'ow .riendly you are in
,erson! terse lan)ua)e +an easily (e
mis+onstrued in an email/ E-en i. it0s unintentional! rude
emails immediately sour your re,utationaround t'e o..i+e and *ee,
ot'ers .rom wantin) to intera+t wit' you/
11/ You don0t ma*e meanin).ul +ontri(utions/ Sayin) somet'in) in
a meetin) ust .or t'e sa*e o.s,ea*in) doesn0t add anyt'in)
,rodu+ti-e / Instead! ,re,are a'ead o. time! and remem(er 8uality
o-er
8uantity w'en s'arin) ideas/
1"/ You0re always late/=re8uent tardiness si)ni.ies to +owor*ers
t'at somet'in) else is more im,ortant
to you and t'at you don0t -alue t'eir time/ It ,aints you as
disres,e+t.ul and un+arin)! ma*in) ,eo,le
wary o. trustin) you/ 4o matter w'at it ta*es ! always .ind a
way to (e ,un+tual /
1%/ You ne-er sto, tal*in)/Yes! it0s )reat to )et to *now your
+owor*ers! (ut i. you0re +onstantly
so+iali2in)! it ,re-ents e-eryone around you .rom )ettin) t'eir
wor* done/ ee, t'e +'atter to your
lun+' 'our and (rea*s to a-oid annoyin) ot'ers and (e+omin) t'e
,erson no one wants to wor* wit' /
1$/ You i)nore emails/ =ailin) to answer emails in a reasona(le
time.rame not only .rustrates t'ose
w'o need res,onses .rom you! it si)ni.ies to +ollea)ues t'at
t'ey aren0t wort' your time ! +an +auseyou to miss deadlines! and
)enerally ,aints you as un,ro.essional/ @lt'ou)' answerin) ea+' one
as
soon as it0s re+ei-ed is im,ra+ti+al! ma*in) a +ons+ious e..ort
to stay on to, o. your in(o )oes a lon)
way/
15/ You0re rude/Doin) )ood wor* doesn0t matter i. no one wants
to wor* wit' you / 4ot only does
rudeness alienate +owor*ers! (ut most mana)ers won0t tolerate
a(rasi-e and in+onsiderate em,loyees/
;emem(er! (ein) ,olite is a *ey to winnin) ,eo,le o-er/
