Want to win? Do THIS.
- Do your absolute best work on everything you are asked to do, from the simplest assignment to the most complicated.
- Be willing to take on tough assignments.
- Overdeliver. Overdeliver. Overdeliver.
- Evaluate your progress and be flexible. It is dangerous to get so committed to what you are doing that you stop evaluating whether you are moving in the right direction.
- Don’t hesitate to raise your hand. There are opportunities to broaden your skills base and be seen as a real contributor because you are willing to say yes.
- Any leader is glad to have somebody willing to take on more so they don’t have to hire more people.
- Understand the expectations and what success looks like for every assignment, and make sure everybody who evaluates you understands what you are going to deliver.
- Don’t compete against your peers—compete against a standard. Do what differentiates you against the standard for excellence. Judge yourself against the very best you can be.
- Perform. Perform better than anybody else.
- It is a mistake to wait for the “big project.” The way to get the big project is by doing a lot of small ones very well..