The Seven Deadly Sins of Career Building

Laziness
Carelessness
Lying
Stealing
Arrogance
Cynicism
Self-pity

There’s more of course, but that list is a really good start.
Here’s the thing. You never intended for those sins to show up in your personal brand, but those exact things may be popping up before our eyes.

How? We see you!

On laziness and carelessness
We see what you are doing and what you are not doing. Believe me, on behalf of your boss and clients: we know how many hours are in a day. We know if more could be accomplished. And if what’s been accomplished could be done better.
For example, my organization has a mantra: First draft, best draft.

That’s right. Intend on writing only one draft –and make it a really good one. Not something that shows you took a stab at it. Not something that says: “I know I promised to get something out by today so I got to it, didn’t I?”
If you deliver the best draft possible, someone else can polish it – and we are golden! If instead, you throw up whatever you’ve got, we are in receipt of your carelessness and laziness. And all those excuses that get thrown in? Throw them out. All we learn is that we can’t rely on you.
You can’t be a great personal brand when your work betrays you.


On lying and stealing
That happens every day you take more than you give. Like when you are sent to a trade show and don’t get on the floor first thing. Or you get paid tuition and rather than do the work to earn an A, you don’t study but hope you’ll get a passing grade.
This everyday kind of lying and stealing is much less sensational than pulling a Houdini. But these small crimes of opportunity are much more likely to kill your reputation.


On arrogance and cynicism
When you say, “I don’t see the point in that.” Or, “that isn’t what I would do.” Well, that’s useful if you have the education, experience and insight to provide that business acumen.
But, if you have that kind of acumen, you probably aren’t saying anything like that.


On self-pity
When the weight of your decisions or the actions of others trips you up: don’t spend much time feeling sorry for yourself. Charge your batteries before they run out. Check the fuel gauge and traffic before either makes youl ate for an interview . Take responsibility for what you could have done better and journal the rest in a chapter titled: Life Isn’t Fair. Don’t read it aloud; we know it by heart.


On hope and change
Consider there’s a whole lot of people who never have a chance – even the smallest chance, to make something of themselves.



Consider what you must do to start a new path. Confess your sins – even if it’s just to yourself. Cleanse your soul. Heal yourself. Because there’s only two good times for you to be the best representative of your personal brand:

1) any day before today,
and
2) today.



Drafted from:http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/destroy-career/



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Source: http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/destroy-career/

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Blame the spammers. Nice thread by the way

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one should know all these if you want to keep your job.

True Fact...

Owkay

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..I wuld like to comment b4 i read the Thread....I tink am gettin addicted to Nairaland and itz gettin chronic by the day whc is makin me Nervous i cnt do hardly 2 minutes without this Forum....I tink the FG shuld forget abuh ASUU and channel their resources towards people like Us and create Camps to help Us get over this Addition....Darelee Nairalee...Tenk..

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Too many recipes lately. Rshp, career, religion, everywia. Meanwhile TGIF

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You stated some good points here op.

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What have you posted now, this place is not for kids like you ok.

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How does this relate to this topic, are the first to come from yankee. pls slep if u have no ideal on what to contribute.

The person above me must be a learner and back to topic @ Op thanks

Ok we don heard,l will not allow it to dentriment my career

Firstus des commemte?
We already know this.

Hmmm

U also need to learn to fake the 'serious look'. Like updating a post on NL and faking the look to seem like U are working on a Visio file.

A nice piece. Quite instructive. Thanks.

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