People who get promoted do these things differently
Some people rocket up the ladder while others with similar talent stay stuck. When I was a teenager, my first job was as an intern for a guy who owned a transportation company.
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Some people rocket up the ladder while others with similar talent stay stuck.
When I was a teenager, my first job was as an intern for a guy who owned a transportation company.
One day I'd be painting the walls of a warehouse, the next I was getting him groceries.
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The useful part
Some people rocket up the ladder while others with similar talent stay stuck. When I was a teenager, my first job was as an intern for a guy who owned a transportation company. One day I'd be painting the walls of a warehouse, the next I was getting him groceries.
How it works
- Learn what skills are needed to be excellent at the role you want and develop them on your own time, not during company working hours.
- The people who get promoted choose to do extra work and develop additional skills in their own free time.
- This won't guarantee a promotion, but failing at it promises you won't get one.
What to take from it
Your employer pays you to do your job, not to prepare you for the next one. The market rewards skills it values, not complaints about lack of opportunity. The skills that create career value don't always develop between the hours of 8 and 5.
Details worth keeping
Regardless of what your job is, be excellent at it. Nothing else matters if you haven't gotten this right. You can't focus on the next thing without being great at the current one.
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