I know this topic is just overused so I am not going to sit here and try to list them, I am trying to figure out how to avoid them so much. I have looked at several hands in the pasts few days that I think were maybe not "bad" beats, but cost me the tourney or money.
What do you guys do to try and avoid getting sucked out, expecially when you are RELATIVELY short stacked, not just short. I am just not seeing what I am doing wrong, or what I can do to improve my game and my odds of winning. any ideas?

You may want to try at some bluffs to steal the pot when it is an eas opportunity, dont let those pass you by

over the life of an entire game they can get you lots of chips

its cliche but if its a real life game play the person and not the cards and it will give you that extra margin. you can even read a person by the way they walk

Get better by playing people that are better than you. It forces improvement

this is true kind of like evolution

I think you can improve a bunch by playin online poker too. Play for real money but not at the higher blind tables if you learning. You could lose a lot of money during your "learning phase" at higher tables and you dont want that.

Most of the time the people get better as you move up higher blind tables slowly play higher tables.

Your at the point where you need to become more aggressive. That the next step in getting better for you.

I would take a break and do some reading; i do believe that you do need to be a bit more aggressive. But remember selected aggression...