What Ambitious People Shouldn’t Do at The Office

It’s good to be ambitious at the office but some workers take it too far. They sabotage themselves by swinging “sharp elbows” at their colleagues.
A healthy approach to success is to constantly find ways to help others through constructive effort — never badmouthing, never backstabbing and always feeling happy for others when they succeed. Think about how you can add value to your employer and customers. What will you do today that if done with excellence will contribute greatly to your team and business partners?
Surround yourself with outstanding colleagues, mentors and friends who’ll hold you to a high standard. Recent grads who aren’t careful can be lulled into spending their focus and paycheck on happy hour and other night-life activities that are better left behind in college. Your new responsibilities demand that you become a responsible adult.
Remove The word “Ambition” From Your Forehead
In private, feel free to be as ambitious as you want. But when you go public with your ladder-climbing aspirations, your coworkers may feel threatened. That’s because overtly driven colleagues can be perceived as selfish, and not team players, in their pursuit. Embrace teamwork as a core value.
Secondly, avoid the Dunning-Kruger Effect which says that incompetent people falsely believe they turn in great work, when they hardly ever do. Similarly, highly competent people are found to downplay their abilities and assume that others are as skilled as they are, when they’re not.
It’s best to see reality clearly and to remove the fog of bias.
