Habits we acquired in our previous success often prevents us from achieving success when required to execute at a higher order of magnitude. Cultivate the habit of dropping priorly acquired habits when they no longer helpful for what is required.
Categories of bad habits to be dropped
- Putting personal ego gratification above all else
- always need to win
- trying to add to much value
- telling the world how smart we are
- Withholding information
- Failing to give proper recognition
- Claiming credit that we don’t deserve
- making excuses
- Clinging to the past and shifting blame to past events
- refusing to express regret
- not listening
- failing to express gratitude
- Passing the buck, shifting blame to someone else instead of accepting responsibility
- An excessive need to be me
- Improper management of unpleasant physical sensations
- Passing judgement
- making destructive comments
- speaking when angry
- playing favorites
- Punishing the messenger
- Not giving space to others
- Negating suggestions provided by colleagues. Not giving ample space for colleagues to execute on their idea
- Being anal about explaining why that won’t work
- Lack of self-awareness
- Verbalizing any internal monologue. The higher up you go the more your suggestions become orders
Change management
- Get feedback. Practice the discipline of active listening even when what you hear does not sound pleasant.
- constant follow up
- expressing gratitude for feedbacks