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You excel by not being an average worker. You excel by working hard at the harder aspects of your job. What the average worker avoids, you embrace. Think follow-up, clean-up, dealing with problem employees, solving customer complaints and soliciting new business.    Many average workers are clock watchers. They are focused on avoiding criticism while waiting for their next paycheck. Often, the workplace is not a proving ground, encouraging an individual to personal excellence. Rather, some see it as a comfortable meeting place where friends co-mingle in a commercial environment. The business becomes incidental to the social.    If you actually concentrate on working while you are at work, you give yourself a competitive advantage over average workers. If you are working for the right company, your bosses will acknowledge, appreciate and reward your hard work.

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