Common mistake #1: Underestimating oneself.

The area is personal influence.

Vanessa Bohns, author of You Have More Influence Than You Think (2021) and a professor in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, proposes that people don’t give themselves enough credit in the personal influence department. Their initial mistake, in her mind, is generally underestimating how much attention others give them.

The influence doesn’t have to be in grand pronouncements. She wrote, “just by being present—by ‘coming to the table,’ so to speak—you can have a big impact on other people, even if you never say a word."

Her point led me to wonder about the creative influence of friendships at work, a place where many Americans spend substantial time.

Career well-being is critical to overall satisfaction. Rath and Harter (2010) pointed........

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