Be the person who makes everyone else better at their job. That’s a career, not a compliment.

Being useful to the people around you reads as a personality trait and works as a skill, one that is scarce and quietly tracked. Groups notice who makes the work go better: who shares what they learned, who covers properly, who gets the new person competent faster. That reputation travels further than individual results, because everybody wants it near them again.

Pick one person this week and do something that makes their job easier, without announcing it. Teach what you know rather than hoarding it. Over a year this builds a standing that no single good performance produces.