If the first quarter of this year wasn’t the most productive for you, it’s probably safe to say that some of the biggest time-wasters that stole productivity from you seemed necessary at the time. Others – like Facebook, Reddit, Netflix – maybe not so much. But whatever the balance is that you’re looking for, if you’re not finding it, it’s time for a change.

Let’s be serious: Who doesn’t want to take his or her career to the next level? Sure, there may be periods of low motivation or productivity, but most of us want to see our careers (and our paychecks) keep advancing. If you feel like things are stagnating, you could be committing one of these bad office habits—maybe without even realizing it. Luckily, if you are guilty of any of the following, they’re easy to stop doing this week to get back on track.

Dear Liz, I am losing sleep over my job situation. It’s bad. I’ve worked for the company for three years. I know the place inside and out. My old boss Nick had health problems and took early retirement. Now I have a new boss, Henry, who loves my work but treats me like garbage.

What’s the price of having two X-chromosomes? More than $400,000 — and that’s only if you’re white. According to a new analysis of the wage gap by the National Women’s Law Center, a woman who is starting her career now will earn $430,480 less than her male counterpart over the course of a 40-year career, if the current wage gap persists.

Dear Liz, I am in dicey job situation. The company hired me and four other guys to be installation engineers but the company’s biggest customer is in a dispute with the company and so they haven’t placed any new orders. We install equipment and of course if there are no orders, we have nothing to do but the company still has to pay us.

Earlier this year a report from The Peterson Institute for International Economics asserted that when a company employs women in leadership positions it can expect an increase in profitability. Other studies on the subject came to similar conclusions. But women also improve firms’ social performance and social responsibility.

Dear Liz, How do I get a pay raise that my manager promised me in writing over seven months ago? At my performance review last fall, my manager gave me a 2% raise which everyone in the company got, and I told him that I appreciated it but that really, my job description and my contribution should warrant a bigger raise. That performance review was my one-year review.

If you’re a successful entrepreneur, chances are, this isn’t your first rodeo. Most successful entrepreneurs whom I know are people who have tried, failed, tried, failed, and tried again — often many tries later — and eventually succeeded. An entrepreneur who succeeds at his or her first venture is like getting a hole-in-one. Everyone wants a hole-in-one. Everyone tries to get a hole-in-one. But very few people actually do.

Dear Liz, I run a small agency with 12 employees and most days I love my job. The one part of my job that I don’t like is dealing with what you call “sticky human topics.” Honestly, I hate it. I expect people to come to work and do their jobs and leave the personal stuff at home, but after running my own business for 14 years I’ve learned that when you deal with people, you’re going to have to face some awkward situations.

“When you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu,” former Governor of Texas Ann Richards used to say. She may have been referring to politics, but this is equally true in the worlds of business, academia and nonprofits. The biggest decisions about your career are often made when you’re not in the room.