Get Others to Do the Work for You, but Always Take the Credit

• Kissinger played the game expertly: He took credit for the work of those below him while graciously giving credit for his own labors to those above
• Never do yourself what others can do for you

Work for the love of the work itself, not for credit of recognition.

Your work should be something that you would like to do for free, and if you take your ego out of the equation and simply focus on good work, you become the pillar of prominence.

A list of tasks you simply don't do: You delete them, delegate them, outsource them or simply say no when they try to find their way on your to-do list:

• Things you want to say no
• Distractions from being productive
• Regular tasks you can delete, de...