Book - 7 Rules of Power

book called “7 Rules Of Power”. To save you time, here are the 7 rules:

1. Get out of your own way.

2. Break the rules.

3. Appear powerful.

4. Build a powerful brand.

5. Network relentlessly.

6. Use your power.

7. Success excuses almost everything you may have done to acquire power.

”Get out of your own way” means (in this book) that not showing or communicating your worth or value will leave you behind peers who do go out of their way to show their worth and value. I.e., If you keep your head down and just do good work, you won’t get noticed.

So, it seems “office politics is not optional” is based on the unstated premise: “if success in the workplace is the only thing you care about.”