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How to get ahead at work

Embrace work.

It's easy to procrastinate until the last nanosecond, take sick days when you're not sick, navigate the Net when you're supposed to be creating a spreadsheet. Shirking may feel good in the short run. But at the risk of sounding like your parents, the more productive you are, the better you'll ultimately feel about yourself and your career. Not to mention that you're more likely to get a raise and less likely to be downsized.

Source: 6 Ways to Get Ahead This Year By Marty Nemko

Additional Comment by Mel Brook:

You can subscribe to a positive work ethic even if you missed the lesson growing up. It usually takes some hard-to-accept, direct, sometimes hurtful feedback from people who care about you and who depend upon your performance to help you learn. However you learn the lesson, you must believe within yourself in the importance of a strong, positive work ethic as a contributing factor to your self-defined success.