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Here are the first five of Marshall Goldsmith's 20 Annoying Workplace Habits You Need to Break Now, which appeared recently on CollegeRecruiter.com:

1. Winning too much: The need to win at all costs and in all situations -- when it matters, when it doesn't, and when it's totally beside the point.
2. Adding too much value: The overwhelming desire to add our two cents to every discussion.
3. Passing judgment: The need to rate others and impose our standards on them.
4. Making destructive comments: The needless sarcasms and cutting remarks that we think make us sound sharp and witty.
5. Starting with "No," "But," or "However:" The overuse of these negative qualifiers that secretly say to everyone, "I'm right. You're wrong."