Quote of the Week: On Being Special and Breaking Rules

3. Your aren’t special. No matter what your grades were or how intelligent you are. Special is a function of what people think of you, especially your manager. To be special, you have to be above average at something the company needs. Doesn’t matter what, but something.

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17. Break a little rule every so often. But first get a bit of wisdom about what rules you can actually break and get away with it. And when you do, make sure the outcome reflects well on your manager.

—From Advice for newbies starting their careers in large companies on BankerVision by James Gardner

I thought I’d try every Friday to add some fun snippets from this week in the Banking world. I think this is a great start. Head over to BankerVision and give the whole list a look.