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3 Risks You Should Take at Work.(Brief Article)

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| February 01, 2001 | GOINS, LIESA | COPYRIGHT 2001 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

These smart gambles will help you get noticed.

Get in over head.

Instead of sticking to set duties, try tackling tasks beyond your comfort zone, says Harvey Mackay, author of Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top (Ballantine, 2000). Your gutsiness will stretch the boundaries of your ability, show off your initiative, and catch your superior's eye.

Be brutally honetst.

The next time a colleague asks for your opinion, give it to them straight. Employees are so ...

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