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Nasty Habits

I recently came across a review of Marshall Goldsmith's book, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, that included his list of 20 bad habits that damage your professional/personal life.

Seems like he's hit all the biggies. How many of them do you have? I would say I have 3-5.....(UPDATE: Just to clarify, that would be 3 to 5 of them, not 3 through 5.)

• The need to win each time
  
• The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion
  
• The need to pass judgment on others
  
• Needless sarcasm and cutting comments
  
• Starting with “no”, “But”, “However”
  
• Need to show how smart we are
  
• Speaking when angry
  
• Negativity: the need to share negative thoughts even when not asked
  
• Withholding Information
  
• Failing to Give Proper recognition
  
• Claiming credit we don’t deserve
  
• Making excuses
  
• Clinging to the past
  
• Playing favorites
  
• Refusing to express regret
  
• Not listening
  
• Failing to express gratitude
  
• Punishing the messenger
  
• Passing the buck
  
• An excessive need to be “me”: exalting our faults as virtues simply because they’re who we are