Think Like a Boss and You Will Become One

7 secrets that turn average people into rich business executives

David O.
The Startup
Published in
8 min readFeb 3, 2020

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Promotion at work is never accidental. People just don’t rise to the top in their careers because they are lucky. Luck may come through once or twice, but nobody becomes a rich and successful executive with only luck.

Also being skillful and good at your job doesn’t make you deserve a promotion. If you are skillful and great at your job, they will only be motivated to give you more to do.

The reward for hard work is more work

If you want to grow into the boss, you have to be more than “good at your job”. You must have seen people who are very hardworking get very little recognition, and some others that are not so hardworking get better rewards. It is not because life is unfair. Rather, what makes you a good worker isn’t the same thing that makes you a good boss.

Everybody desires to be a boss. Whether the boss of yourself or being in charge of other people. Being a boss is having the capacity to carry represent what you do in the best way. The traits that make a good boss or leader is different from what makes a good worker.

Here is an example:

Let’s assume the CEO of your company always…

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David O.
The Startup

I investigate things and write about them. Mostly around wealth, money, rich people, career, and business success. Not financial advice