Put in energy to build yourself a boss.

Before you act: think twice about what I mean to say here.

People who are more skilled and professional, smarter, and talented than you are not afraid of promoting you and opening doors for you once they get in themselves. It is the people who are less skilled than you who use elbow tactics and suffocate other people’s success because they are threatened. If you promote your superiors, they’ll open any door that you deserve to have opened for you – and often a few more. By helping your superiors get ahead, you’ll help yourself to get ahead. Just don’t waste that opportunity by abusing your newfound power – that’ll get the doors slammed in your face eventually.

Opportunists know that hitching their wagon onto someone who is far more likely to succeed than them alone is beneficial to their success. If you’re a nice person, just don’t fear promoting your friends who are more skilled than you, rather than go out of your way to befriend talented people in your bid to use them for personal gain.

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