Today's top 3 career growth tips

Most successful people try different things and grow in a slow, linear path until something comes along and clicks so well that it helps their career take off super fast.

• Often it comes down to managers willing to trust you with new opportunities without having evidence that you will succeed. Identify how you can prove or accomplish what is needed to be the first person to be considered for new or shiny assignments. If the answer is not much, move teams and get to a better place.

• Do not bet your career on the decisions and good intentions of any one person, including your manager. Always build a network of people who know about your work and in some way care about your success. People’s action changes with incentives and many put their best outcomes first, before their teams.

• Have a resume that reflects what you want to be working on, not just a list of everything you have worked on in the past if that is no longer your area of interest. Always have an idea of what are the next set of skills you want to learn and at least some vague idea of a path to get there. Do not be shy about speaking about it on the right occasions and with the right people.