01. Support from your manager and her/his manager is the most important ingredient of the recipe for your success at work.
2. You have to create your champions and you have to champion others.
3. Just being good at your work is not good enough.
4. You may not like networking and relationship building but individual contributor roles won't take you far. Eventually, it is working with people, influencing them, inspiring them. Knowing people and able to deliver in teams is non-negotiable.
5. Getting along with peers and juniors is as essential as managers. Step up your game.
6. People should want to hire you and they should want to be on your team. Then you are on the right track.
7. Understanding and being able to navigate corporate maze is critical.
8. You can not just stop learning because now you have landed a job. That era is long gone where you get a degree and then basis that degree you work n earn for rest of your life. Now all of us are lifelong learners. What you are learning right now may be redundant next year. Brace up.
9. People at work are not logical, rational and fair at all times. The good news is you do not have to “fix them”. The bad news is that you do have to learn to work around them. All you can change is yourself, and sometimes, that changes everything.
10. Everyone wants to learn soft skills. If there is one soft skill you have time and motivation to learn - try listening. Active listening. Listening without interrupting. Listening with an open mind. Listening without judging. Listening without sharing your opinion or giving advice unless asked. Listening without checking your phone. Just listen.
