"My job is to make my boss look good, not to impress his boss or higher." This is really important. Not only will it make your time at a company much easier, i

"My job is to make my boss look good, not to impress his boss or higher." This is really important. Not only will it make your time at a company much easier, it will increase your chances of promotion and it will make it easier to get future jobs as you will have one happy manager who is willing to vouch for how good you are.