8 Behaviors Successful Professionals Avoid

"Observing people in action who are living fully on their terms and absolutely loving it, I've seen how they think, react, interrelate, problem solve, and lead," writes Kathy Caprino, who covers career growth, leadership and women's professional development at Forbes. "I've applied these lessons to my own life, and to those I coach."

Caprino lists "8 self-limiting, negative behaviors successful people avoid," and gives insight into each one. Check them out:

• Engaging in "below-the-line" thinking (i.e., "what's happening to you is outside your control and everyone else's fault").
• Mistaking fantastical wishful thinking for action.
• Remaining powerless and speechless.
• Putting off investing in themselves.
• Resisting change.
• Honoring other people's priorities over their own.
• Doubting themselves and their instincts.
• Searching for handouts and easy answers.

Check out how to recognize and avoid each in Successful People: The 8 Self-Limiting Behaviors They Avoid.