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Don’t Be the Best-Kept Secret

It’s not what you know, and it’s not who you know. It’s who knows what you know.

—Nora M. Denzel,board director, AMD and Ericsson

Do you remember the first time at work you accomplished something you were really proud of and it was met with appreciation?

I do. I glowed when I heard that a project I’d suggested and then ran with (digitizing some financial records) was praised by the firm’s partners. It also earned me a significant bump in salary, so I made a mental bookmark: “Keep doing what I just did.” I put my head down and continued to work hard, assuming that I would continue to be ...

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