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Another self help book full of platitudes. But it did have some interesting anecdotes and thought provoking aspects to it. Here are my take aways from it: Even if you are not a manager, you should strive to enhance your influence in your organization. I feel the best way to do this is to help others- they could be in your team or another team, but you never know when you might need them to return the favor! "Influence must be earned." "The person who keeps busy helping the one who is below him won't have the time to envy the person above him." Try and network more. Easier said than done, but it would be good to strike up conversations with folks while in the elevator, while getting coffee...you get the idea. The problem here is not that you know this needs to be done, it is how you actually do it. Different ways will work for different folks, but it is good to keep this at the back of your mind. Maybe you could try and setup some knowledge sharing session...