Episode 121

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23rd Oct 2023

3 Career Killing Habits That You Can’t Afford to Keep | E121

In this current series, we’ve been deep-diving into blueprints for how you can take control of and accelerate your career with various professional growth strategies.

Assembling a personal board of advisors and reading books are amazing avenues for taking steps forward in your career but we also want to be playing defense and ensuring we aren’t taking any steps backward.


We don’t want to be putting all of this hard work in only to be paddling upstream. Over the first decade of my career, I’ve noticed 3 career-killing habits that can set young professionals back regardless of their talents.


If you want to ensure that you aren’t slipping into one of these habits and what to do if so, well, this episode is for you.


Key Takeaways:

  • The line between arrogance and confidence
  • Specific examples of arrogance in the workplace
  • What to do if you find yourself slipping into the habit of arrogance
  • How complacency can flat-line your career
  • Recent trends show concerns about complacency in the workplace
  • How to break out of complacency
  • Why a negative attitude at work will isolate you
  • How to correct negativity and become a coworker people like to be around again


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