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Number one, your manager is not responsible for your career success. And what I mean by that is, a lot of times, immigrants that come from another country think that as long as they do a good job, their manager will promote them, their manager will reward them, their manager will make sure that they get the right recognition that they need. And that is simply just not the case in American corporate culture, You are responsible for your own career. You are responsible for bragging about your accomplishments. You are responsible for getting noticed and getting the right recognition to get to the next level. Don't expect your manager to do that. And don't put all your eggs in one basket by thinking your manager will be the one to push you forward. That may not happen. It's up to you to own your career and to get that recognition for yourself. Number two, stop being nice. Being nice is the worst strategy. A lot of times, a lot of immigrants feel so grateful to have a job that they assume that they have to be nice. They have to say yes to everything. They have to be that nicest person in the meeting. They are too afraid to interrupt everybody. You don't want that because being nice doesn't get recognised. So if you're in a meeting and you're trying to be Nice. And because of that, you never wanna speak up or you don't wanna interject. You are losing out on important conversations. Open your mouth. Speak when it's needed. Stop trying to be nice. That strategy won't work, and you'll just become somebody who's forgotten. No.3. Your perfection is the enemy of your good. Stop waiting for something to be perfect in order to present it or in order to push it forward. If it's good enough, if it's 90% there, it's already good for you to speak up about it. It's already good for you to brag about it. So don't wait for it to be perfect. Because while you're waiting for that one thing to be perfect, somebody else will jump right in and take the credit. Number four, a lot of your interactions will not feel genuine. They may be those fake interactions at the water cooler where you're talking about the weather, where you're asking somebody what they did over the weekend, where you're getting excited about their child's birthday party, whatever that is. And that's okay. In American corporate culture, you build relationships off of these small talk conversations. So put in the effort. Engage in that small talk. Don't assume that's a nice to have. That's part of how you build bonds in the corporate world. So that small talk is really important. And No. 5. Networking is not just a suggestion, it's an expectation for your career growth. So if there's a Happy hour, if there's a corporate lunch, if there's an event where everybody's gonna get together in the office, no matter what you have going on for work, no matter how busy you are, take the opportunity to join that event and make friends with other people. Networking, being friends with people, building connections, a lot of times will get you a lot further along than you sitting at your desk pumping out whatever that deliverable is that you're working on. So anytime you get a chance, take the opportunity. Go network, go make friends. And that is how you build success in the corporate world.