We've all heard of (or seen firsthand) people doing some pretty crazy things at work.

Truth is, you don't have to throw a chair through a window or quit in the middle of a presentation to cause irreparable damage to your career.

No matter how talented you are or what you've accomplished, there are certain behaviors that instantly change the way people see you and forever cast you in a negative light.

The following list contains some of the most notorious behaviors that you should avoid at all costs.

1. Backstabbing:
The name says it all. Stabbing your colleagues in the back, intentionally or otherwise, is a huge source of strife in the workplace. One of the most frequent forms of backstabbing is going over someone's head to solve a problem. People typically do this in an attempt to avoid conflict, but they end up creating even more conflict as soon as the victim feels the blade. Anytime you make someone look bad in the eyes of their colleagues, it feels like a stab in the back, regardless of your intentions.

2. Gossiping:
People make themselves look terrible when they get carried away with gossiping about other people. Wallowing in talk of other people's misdeeds or misfortunes may end up hurting their feelings if the gossip finds its way to them, but gossiping will make you look negative and spiteful every time, guaranteed.

3. Taking Credit for Someone Else's Work:
We've all experienced that stomach-dropping feeling that happens when you discover that someone has stolen your idea. Taking credit for someone else's work — no matter how small — creates the impression that you haven't accomplished anything significant on your own. Stealing credit also shows that you have zero regard for your team and your working relationships.

4. Having an Emotional Hijacking:
This includes throwing things at co-workers, screaming at them, making people cry, and other telltale signs of an emotional hijacking.

Emotional hijacking demonstrates low emotional intelligence, and it's an easy way to get fired. As soon as you show that level of instability, people will question whether or not you're trustworthy and capable of keeping it together when it counts.

Exploding at anyone, regardless of how much they might "deserve it," turns a huge amount of negative attention your way. You'll be labeled as unstable, unapproachable, and intimidating. Controlling your emotions keeps you in the driver's seat. When you are able to control your emotions around someone who wrongs you, they end up looking bad instead of you.

5. Announcing That You Hate Your Job:
The last thing anyone wants to hear at work is someone complaining about how much they hate their job. Doing so labels you as a negative person and brings down the morale of the group. Bosses are quick to catch on to naysayers who drag down morale, and they know that there are always enthusiastic replacements waiting just around the corner.

6. Bragging:
When someone hits a home run and starts gloating as they run the bases, it's safe to assume that they haven't hit very many home runs. On the other hand, if they hit a home run and simply run the bases, it conveys a business-as-usual mentality, which is far more intimidating to the other team.

Accomplishing great things without bragging about them demonstrates the same strong mentality — it shows people that succeeding isn't unusual to you.

7. Telling Lies:
So many lies begin with good intentions — people want to protect themselves or someone else — but lies have a tendency to grow and spread until they're discovered, and once everyone knows that you've lied, there's no taking it back.

Getting caught up in a lie, no matter how small, is exhausting and hard on your self-esteem. You have to be authentic if you want to be happy with who you are.

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true talk. looks like I heard an experience of backstabbing...

nice, keep it upnice, keep it upnice, keep it up

zieraw2005:
true talk. looks like I heard an experience of backstabbing...

Really...mind sharing your experience with us?

I don't need all these OP. Am the boss of myself

Nice write up, most of these features are present in all organizations, either small or big. Make the work come then I go avoid the mistakes

well you can't stop humans from being humans

And do not be a Crazyman!!!!

Bragging isn’t necessarily a “don’t” so long as it’s effectively and intelligently used. If you work in a competitive environment like sales then surely you are better off using evidence of your sales result which as expected would have contributed to the growth of the company to serve as a bargaining chip to unlock training or bonuses as you deem fit.

You just need to work with Investment Bankers to understand that bragging ain’t that bad

You will almost certainly get more clients and businesses your way if you are seen as successful. You are the best person to sell yourself hence why it has to be intelligently and effectively deployed as at when necessary

Thanks

K

Good one OP

Nice

L

Nice one, but not only at a place of work, but also not to do e'm in our daily life...#shoutOut to e'm loyal niggas

wonderful advice

Nature of humans

Nice try, op!

There are people who posses all of the above behaviour, some other person would say they would resign but still they would never resign discouraging other personnel to resign.

kul..but people still do all these

These are what everyone needs to avoid at all cost, career or carrier.

The Number 7 point will be very difficult for bankers and most marketers to obey. ...

Back stabbing and gossiping are the most career mistakes in a work environment.

Funny enough they must have back stabbed you and come before you and become a saint. God help us oooooo...

Feranmicharles:
I don't need all these OP. Am the boss of myself

What's the position of your customers? Watch out for that attitude mate!

Nigerian graduates are still looking for WORK everywhere... They wount get these now.
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And before they get ONE; they must have forgotten all these. #LIKE