{"id":1979,"date":"2013-12-04T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2013-12-04T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T10:00:14","slug":"things-you-should-stop-doing-to-be-more-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/things-you-should-stop-doing-to-be-more-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Things you should stop doing to be more successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now you are probably quite accustom to blogs like this one telling you what kinds of things you should be doing at work.\u00a0 We are bombarded with tips to be more successful, ideas to keep you motivated, and tools to stay more productive.\u00a0 These are all fine and well, but perhaps it is time you got some tips on what you should <b>not <\/b>be doing at work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoking \u2013 You shouldn\u2019t smoke at work; in fact, you shouldn\u2019t smoke at all. I know, this is easier said than done.\u00a0 As a former smoker myself, I know that it isn\u2019t so simple to just stop, especially on those tough days.\u00a0 I also know that smokers take more breaks, and are less productive, because I was.\u00a0 Once I quit, I spent more time at my desk, and I was more focused.<\/li>\n<li>Chatting at the Office \u2013 It is really easy to get on a topic like how much you hate the construction on the freeway, but don\u2019t stand in the hallway chatting with coworkers for 20 minutes.\u00a0 This wastes your time and others, not to mention disrupting the people around you.<\/li>\n<li>Gossiping \/ Complaining \u2013 This is a tough one for people to get past, but it is absolutely necessary to succeed.\u00a0 You should always stay positive about your job, even if others are complaining about it.\u00a0 In the words of Fantasy Football expert Matthew Berry \u201cI\u2019m a company man.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Emotional contact at work \u2013 It is never a good idea to have an emotional relationship with someone in the workplace.\u00a0 This can lead to a huge amount of HR issues and complaints from coworkers.\u00a0 This is even true when it comes to close friendships.\u00a0 As sad as it is, coworkers need to stay coworkers.<\/li>\n<li>Bringing home issues with you to Work \u2013 This is an obvious No-No.\u00a0 If you are fighting with your family, spouse, dog, don\u2019t bring it into the workplace.\u00a0 It will show, and it will reflect on your character.<\/li>\n<li>Taking work home \u2013 I know I am sounding crazy here, doesn\u2019t everyone take work home?\u00a0 The reason I say not to is because it breaks the line of \u201cwork stays at work and home at home.\u201d\u00a0 This is an important rule to be successful.<\/li>\n<li>Web surfing \u2013 Oh man is this hard.\u00a0 Reddit has <strong>SO<\/strong> many cat pictures I want to look at. And what if they open the safe today?\u00a0 But never mind that, there is no time to be surfing the web at work.\u00a0 You need to focus and work.<\/li>\n<li>Eating out for lunch \u2013 Take your lunch, it saves time, and more importantly, money.\u00a0 Lots of it.\u00a0 You will be shocked how much you save by not eating out every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now you are probably quite accustom to blogs like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[1109,424],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}