Monday, August 02, 2010

Distinguishing *Kicking* Major Booty from *Kissing* Major Booty

In order to get ahead we sometimes have to "kiss ass". It's not fun but we probably all do it sometimes. It's even a skill I would argue.

But it's not the same as "kicking major ass" and it's really not the goal. Let me explain. We can get ahead in one of two ways: A) climbing the ladder and B) doing good work. Climbing the ladder *may* come as a result of doing good work but can also come from kissing ass and "who you know".

Try to climb by kicking ass (doing good word) rather than kissing ass (building relationships) but recognize that don't matter and you probably can't do one without the other; you attract more bees with honey.

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