What do you think the secret is to career growth in this industry? If I want to be an executive one day, what sort of moves should I be making or things should I be doing as I enter my 30s?

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Start something. Be known as a person who starts an and leads things. Dont expect to work hard be noticed and promoted. The person who does the most work is usually the best employee, not the leader.

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This is good advice. Especially if that thing you start has potential to be a revenue generator or a a way to save costs.

Don’t be personable. Learn how to play chess and be okay with burning others. Just do the job.

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Completely agree.

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Yeah, I was personable. Yeah, I wish now I wasn’t personable.

Is getting to the top really worth it?

It's a combination of things. First and foremost, be exceedingly competent at your work, and work especially hard on the quality of your writing. Beyond that, be capable of establishing a rapport with people you meet through business, and establish yourself in the community in which you're working. If you can communicate well and you're very well connected, that's all you need.

Relationships and business go hand in hand.

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