In thinking about 2015 goals, and reviewing all the well-wishing emails at the end of 2014, I ran across an article published in the Harvard Business Review by Sarah Green and Gretchen Gavett and this Bob Newhart skit, "Stop It." If you haven't seen it, take a look.  

So, what are the top 5 things that are not serving you well, that you will stop doing in 2015? Let me know. I'm compiling a list and will publish my findings later in the year.

In the article, Green and Gavett wrote Things to Stop Doing in 2015.  Here's what they recommend:

• Stop multitasking (it can be done).
• Stop procrastinating, saving work for tomorrow, and waiting to be inspired to work.
• Stop working at an unsustainable pace. It makes leading more difficult, and to do things better, you have to stop doing so much.
• If that’s not possible, at least stop complaining about how busy you are. Everyone will thank you.
• Stop feeling like you have to be authentic all the time. It could be holding you back.
• Stop holding yourself back in these five other ways, too.
• Stop being so positive — research shows it’s not all that helpful for achieving your goals.
• Stop overdoing your strengths (lest they become weaknesses).
• When it comes to evaluating others, stop mistaking confidence for competence.
• Stop giving negative feedback as a "sandwich."
• Stop overlooking the women in your organization. And stop relying on diversity training programs to fix the problem. They can’t solve it.
• Speaking of things that don’t work: Stop ideating and brainstorming.
• Stop trying to delight your customers all the time.
• Stop searching for a silver bullet to your strategy dilemmas.
• That said, stop using so many battle metaphors when you talk about strategy.
• And please, stop using terrible PowerPoints and these equally terrible words in your business communications.
• Stop sitting so much. Seriously.
• Stop getting defensive. (Not that we’re accusing you.)
• And if you can’t stop doing any of these things… stop believing that you have to be perfect.

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