Little deposits add up
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So if you're looking to streamline your beauty routine too, head to MeritBeauty.com. You'll get their signature makeup bag free with your first order. Simplify your routine and feel beautiful with Merit. Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning, this is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that we all have relationship and career capital accounts.

Just as financial wealth tends to be built up over time, career capital and relationship capital accumulates over the long haul. As long as you keep putting in more than you take out. But the good news is that many little deposits do add up. Many years ago, I wrote a short e-book called What the Most Successful People Do at Work. One of the regular habits I identified was to pay in.

Career capital, I wrote, is a convenient way to think about the sum total of one's experience, knowledge, network, and personality characteristics. When your career capital level is high, you can cash in your chits at any point for a new situation, to take your career to a new level, or even to take a break without destroying your ability to earn a living. Successful people develop the discipline of paying into this account every day.

These deposits can take many forms. One of the most straightforward is to share useful information with people. If you have or create some knowledge that someone else would genuinely find helpful, pass it along. Tell the new hire about everybody's favorite coffee shop and about how to get his expenses reimbursed more quickly. Tell your colleague who's working with a new team about her new manager's little quirks that you've picked up on from a past project. You can also share articles or social media posts you find online.

as long as you know the other person will genuinely find them useful. If you think, oh, I have just got to send this to Jack, then you are less at risk of tilting towards spam. You can also share useful information more broadly. Start a newsletter, whether that's internal or publicly available. Post on LinkedIn or start a podcast. Every episode will be another deposit in your account. You can also make deposits by doing favors for people.

Cover for your colleague if he's got a family conflict or if he is slammed with a different project. Introduce two people who you think can help each other, with their permission, of course. Give a testimonial for someone or refer business to someone you think would do a good job. Praise someone for a job well done, ideally in front of other people. Deposits also take the form of being genuinely good to work with. Every bit of work that is done to a high standard and that's turned in on time

is like more money in your account. People understand that it is a gift when you make their lives easier. Just like with money, you don't have to put in a ton at a time to see it accumulate. You just have to do it consistently and do it for a long time. So think about what you could do today that would make a little deposit into your account. To keep yourself accountable, you might make a list somewhere of little things you have done.

You might note what you have seen others do too. Think of the people that you want to spend more time with and that you want to work more with. What makes them compelling? What makes you want to do what you can for them? And why doesn't that feel like a burden? Chances are they have made a lot of deposits with you. And over time, we can all do the same. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making the most of our time.

Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at laura at lauravandercam.com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Before Breakfast

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