This is Stevea Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Have you ever done such a great job that your boss is furious with you?

In our professional careers, we've internalized the platitude that if we work hard, we'll get ahead.

But not all managers believe in meritocracies and far too many bosses

judge their employees' worth as equal to the number of hours spent in the office.

Unfortunately, the fact is that great work isn't always a prerequisite for company advancement.

What they don't teach you in Business 101 is that doing a job well done often is only one factor

in workplace success.

Other factors, politicking, for example, are the name of the game in offices around the

world.

Working harder doesn't mean that you're doing work that will hold you in high esteem

with coworkers and superiors, so how do you continue to be a quality producer in the workplace and move up the corporate

ladder at the same time?

To really get ahead in your job, identify and embody the currencies that are actually valued

at your organization.

Rapid success can look like failure.

Sam is a float decorator at Bernice's plant shop, green-growing things,

and Sam just finished designing a parade float for Lonnie's landscaping. Sam, so enthusiastic about

doing an outstanding job, finished the float two days before the parade. The deadline was met

well in advance, and there were no other floats that needed designing, so Sam figured it would be fine to take a few days off work. After all, the client

is happy, and there's no work waiting for Sam in the extra two days. Sure enough, Lonnie

the landscaper was delighted with the quality of the work, and the float looked so great

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