Today I'm going to share about top key lessons about promotions that I learnt over years. If you ever ask for a promotion and the answer you get was No, then here is probably what happened: You worked really hard, including overtime and in the weekend. You said

The pandemic taught me to appreciate the possibility of working from anywhere. I used to love going to work in the office for many reasons: enjoy my office desk, meeting rooms, free food, gym and connect with people face to face. Then pandemic came and made me to rethink of
1. No agenda and schedule time because "we need to talk" 2. Forget to invite decision makers 3. Schedule meetings to prepare for another "big" meeting 4. Show up late 5. Don't take a good note during the meetings and don't discuss
My biggest mistake I had 10 years ago was that I didn't dare to follow up when I didn't fully understand the request at work. I was afraid of looking bad in front of people. So I took the request without 100% knowing the requirements, context