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7 Winning Career Strategies They’ll

Never Teach You in Business School

Hi, my name is Brendan.

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I’ve always been a smart cookie.

cookies

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When I started my career, I thought

it would be like this.

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And that I would go like this.

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But instead, I did this.

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While so many of my peers were

doing this.

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Most of them were not smart

cookies like me either.

No cookies

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I just couldn’t figure out why they

were successful and I was not.

Why?

Why?

Why?

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So for 5 years, I studied them.

12

3

4

5

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And then one day I figured it out.

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It turns out, most of the things I

thought were my strengths were

actually holding me back.

passionate

demanding

reliable

results oriented

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And when I changed them I started

doing this.

promotions

money

freedom

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Here are the 7 career lessons I

learned from studying incompetent

people who make it big.

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These are winning career tactics

that will make you successful

whether you’re a smart cookie or

not.

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1. Embrace the changes everyone else hates.

new boss

acquisition

re-org

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2. Never be too passionate about your ideas.

be objective

present options

its not about you

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3. Don’t be part of the herd.

don’t gossip

don’t gripe

network up

differentiate

psst …

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4. Don’t hold people accountable … help them.

Don’t do this

“an image as a

mentor is more

likely to get you

promoted than

an image as a

task master”

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5. Avoid the Farce of Results Orientation.

Spend more time

expanding skills

Spend less time on

short term results

Skills travel well.

Results don’t.

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6. Find Big Problems to Solve.

“reliable managers

are only known for

their mistakes. You

need big wins to put

enough points on

the board to get

noticed”

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7. Learn to promote your projects.

Promote before

Promote during

Promote after

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Want to learn more about the dark

arts of career management?

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