James Waldroop and Timothy Butler, directors of the career center at Harvard Business School and authors of the book Maximum Success: Changing the 12 Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead, have identified the character traits that get in the way of success. Five listed in this article include:
1. The Impostor Syndrome (fears he/she doesn’t belong in their current position)
2. The Meritocrat (won’t accept that life isn’t always fair)
3. The Hero (someone who constantly tries to do too much and push too hard)
4. The Peacekeeper (someone who sees herself as a diplomat, the glue that holds everything together)
5. The Procrastinator
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see: http://www.fastcompany.com/feature/00/act_waldroop14.html for a quick synopsis of all 12 “achilles heels” identified in the authors’ book