11 Habits to Avoid at Work

Habits to Avoid at Work

“Make each day your masterpiece.” —John Wooden

Building a meaningful career is not a one-off thing. It is a long-term affair. Take note and avoid the following bad habits at work: 

 1. Without a clear career path: He is not certain of what he wants in life. He has landed on a job and he just goes to work without mapping out his future career path 

 2. Just work alone: He makes no effort to connect with people at the workplace. He comes and he works and then he goes home. 

 3. Doing personal things at work: He makes personal telephone calls and he surfs the net and visits social networking sites to exchange messages. Things could be worse if he had visited porn sites. 

 4. Do not do self-development: As he is not aware of his future direction, he takes no initiative or interest to develop himself for his career advancement. 

 5. Try to cover up blunders: When a mistake is made he tries to hide it. He does not understand that honesty is the best policy and he should own it up and fix it as soon as possible. 

 . Pay no attention to detail: He does not check carefully and often submits a report in haste. It is later discovered that some important items in the report are missing and he has circulated the report to those who should not be receiving it. 

 7. Irregular attendance; He may be late or he may knock off earlier. His lunch break can be extended to more than an hour. He is at the workplace but you are unable to locate him. Often he takes off without advance notice. 

 8. Unable to keep promises: He is always over-promised and under-delivered because he is not able to do a proper estimation of the time required to complete a task. 

 9. Missing in action: He is sent out to do work but he takes longer than usual and you are unable to contact or locate him. 

 10. Gossiping: He is fond of talking behind people's back and the peaceful atmosphere in the office is disturbed. 

 11. Ineffective working habits: He is unable to prioritize his work. Often an important assignment gets done at the last minute in a panicky situation causing unnecessary errors and further delay to complete a job. 

 Avoid these bad habits and cultivate effective working methods to grow your career.