8個阻礙生涯發展的行為
感覺自己的工作停滯不前、老在原地打轉？加薪、升遷的機會，總是落不到自己身上？最大的問題很可能就是你自己。你必須改掉以下8個阻礙生涯發展的行為：
1.不懂得找機會自我宣傳：你完成某個專案或任務，可能很了不起，或是過程中克服了不少阻礙，但是如果沒有人知道，也是徒然，甚至影響你的加薪、升遷機會。一定要確認你的主管或其他人知道，你做了哪些事情，解決了哪些問題，達成了什麼樣的成就。
2.拉不下臉接受別人的批評：如果別人提出比較負面的評語或批評時，你就產生防衛心，不願意虛心接受，這樣只會把所有人拒於門外，以後也不會有人願意給你真心的建議，到最後受到傷害的還是你自己。
3.工作不開心就衝動離職：如果只是因為老闆的一句話或工作碰到困難，就衝動地辭職，其實是很不智的行為。對於這份工作是離開或留下，應該是在心平氣和的情況下深思熟慮的結果，而不是衝動的決定。
4.沒有膽量堅持自己的想法：如果你覺得某個決策是錯誤的、某個專案是不可行的，或是你認為自己應該要加薪或升遷，都應該主動表達自己的意見，堅持到底。不論最後的結果如何，至少你有努力過、有爭取過。
5.凡事往壞處想：如果你對任何不如你意的事情都抱持著負面的想法，或是過於憤世嫉俗，一天到晚抱怨或發牢騷，只會讓身旁的人覺得你很難搞、很難溝通。每個人可以有不同的想法，可以表達不認同，但是不停的抱怨只會讓別人更難接受你的意見。
6.愛說謊：即使再微不足道的謊言，一旦被發現不誠實，你的信用就被毀了，要再重新恢復別人對你的信任，是很困難的。因此，不論有什麼困難的理由，誠實為上策。
7.做事丟三落四：如果你答應別人的事情，就應該說到做到，即便只是很小的一件事，才能讓別人覺得你辦事牢靠，願意把重要的事情放心地交給你處理。
8.不願學習新科技：對於現在的工作，你覺得得心應手、游刃有餘，所以似乎也沒有必要再學習新的技能或科技。但現在科技變化快速，稍不留意，就很有可能落後一大截，如果你不願意及早學習，最後只能等著被就業市場淘汰。
8 Bad Work Habits That Can Ruin
Your Career
Wondering why you're not advancing
in your career more quickly, or why you always seem to be overlooked when it
comes time for raises, promotions, or important projects?
The answer might be that you're
holding yourself back, through one or more of these eight career-killing behaviors.
1. Not promoting your own work.
Your work might be fantastic, but
if no one knows about it, it won't help your reputation, your salary, or your
advancement opportunities.
Make sure that your manager knows
about your accomplishments, whether it's kudos from a hard-to-please client,
waste you uncovered and fixed, or anything else that goes above and beyond your
normal work.
2. Getting defensive.
If you get defensive when you get
less than glowing feedback on your work, you might be striking a death blow to your career.
Many people simply give up on
having meaningful interactions with defensive people, so your co-workers may
avoid you, and your manager may stop telling you how you can improve.
"That sounds great," you might respond — but it means that you'll
destroy the relationships you need to advance in your career and denying
yourself the information that you need to grow professionally.
3. Making rash decisions.
Whether it's walking off the job
because the boss said something you didn't like
or taking a job offer without thinking it through carefully, impulsive
decision-making has no place in your career.
The decisions you make about work
will have far-reaching ramifications on your wallet, your reputation, and your
daily quality of life.
4. Not being assertive.
You might think that not making
waves is the best way to succeed professionally, but being unassertive is more
likely to hurt you.
If you believe a decision is wrong,
or a project is headed for disaster, or that you deserve a raise, good managers
will want you to speak up. There's a difference between being assertive and
being obnoxiously pushy, of course, but voicing your opinions in a professional
way is key to professional success.
5. Being too negative.
If you're constantly complaining
about new projects, your company's policies, and why it's taking IT so long to
fix the network, you're probably creating an unpleasant environment for people
around you.
The same goes for negative humor —
if you're regularly snarking about your boss or the new guy down the hall,
chances are good that — even if people are laughing — you'll get a reputation
for being bitter and having a bad attitude.
6. Lying.
If you get caught in a lie — even
if it's small or if it can't be proven — you'll destroy your credibility, and that's something
you can never get back. You could be scrupulously honest for the next three
years, but you'll still be remembered as the person who lied and can't be
completely trusted.
7. Being chronically disorganized.
People pay attention to whether you
do what you say you're going to do, by when you say you're going to do it —
whether it's as small as forwarding the document you promised in a meeting or
as big as meeting a project deadline.
If you do, they notice and you
build a reputation as someone reliable and someone they can have confidence in.
If you don't, they conclude that you can't be counted on to keep your word.
8. Not learning new technology.
You might feel that you're perfectly comfortable with your
existing ways of doing things, thank you very much, and therefore have no need
to learn the latest technology … but if you resist new ways of doing things,
you'll soon be left behind by colleagues who aren't so change-resistant.
If you find yourself printing out
emails to read them or heading to the library to look something up rather than
Googling it, you're likely to be overlooked by employers in favor of your more
technologically savvy competition.
This article originally appeared
at U.S. News
& World Report. Copyright 2014. Follow U.S. News & World
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