Most of us are employed in companies. Whether in top management or in the bottom rungs of the corporate ladder we all have the same basic needs. 1. We want to succeed e.g. Get a higher salary, better position, more experience, more benefits ... etc. 2. We also want to be able to survive There are always problems that we have to deal with. There are events that we can't control but have to live with (e.g. government policies, new company policies, price increases) and people that stand in our way or try to pull us down. I hope this thread would be a place for people to ask questions or put in and discuss specific tips and techniques they know or have used to help them succeed and / or survive certain situations.