7 Effective Ways to Sabotage Yourself

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All seven of these things are exactly how many, on both sides, are describing Obama.

Mike of MI 6:56PM September 08, 2009

If you really examine this closely ,one could use this list of what not to do -turn it around and it would be "road map to peace" in the Middle East .C'mon -What d'ya say?

Moonshadow of NM 8:18PM September 04, 2009

If you really examine at this closely ,one could use this list of what not to do -turn it around and it would be "road map to peace" in the Middle East .C'mon -What d'ya say?

Moonshadow of NM 8:17PM September 04, 2009

That's great, love it. The just before I had it I lost it. I mean "I LOST IT."

"Your were right there you had it what happened?" and the response "Well you know." No! I don't know tell me. How about, "Your worked so hard to get there, and you blew it what happened?" the response, "Well maybe I wasn't cut out for the job." No, you were'nt, but you had molded yourself to it and then when the clay was formed you collapsed it." How about this one, Finally made it all throught school, did my intern and then decied I just wanted a debt to pay for the next thiry five years because I never really wanted to be a Doctor anyways.

or Went to the interview, answered all the right questions, looks promising, then you ask the question, "What is your company about?"

Mary Magdalen Cortez of AZ 2:07PM September 02, 2009

Especially with the amount of layoffs/restructuring, people are taking on even more projects and employees are just experiencing burnout. Sometimes people have "bright ideas", and now when someone comes to me with a request, I take the time to listen & write down their request as they talk with me.

If you explore their request together, they figure out that it actually takes more than 5 or 10 minutes to complete their request. Sometimes they figure out that they can get the information elsewhere or the request is just not feasible. If they simply must have to have the project completed, they give you a reasonable due date when they understand what is involved to complete the project.

Writing down someone's request while they talking with you gives them time to really think through it and understand that your time is valuable.

Daphne R.

www.careercougar.com

Daphne Robinson of CT 7:05AM July 18, 2009

you can be mature, gracious, humble, generous and very attentive to every responsibility you have in your position or project AND very responsive to every individual in sight. Choose good stuff.

Muser of NM 12:08PM July 17, 2009

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