Do you want to be successful at work? To make the difference? To be that person who fills all with enthusiasm and who everyone recognizes as being gifted?

Then learn once and for all: in corporative and business life, no matter the size, field or position you hold, to be successful requires team work. Always. Either you like it or not. To know how to navigate and master the famous “team work” will make you more agile, more efficient and, above all, will ensure that your project is implemented in a safer way and to greater effect.

Even if your signature is not on it. Or at least not exclusively. That’s the secret: what is important is not you (and your vanity as author) but your ideas, your vision and your ability to mobilize people in order to turn it into reality.

One of the greatest challenges in the work environment is to hit the right balance between “being authentic” and defending your opinions and the moment to retreat, to stop to listen and to incorporate someone else’s point of view. This moment is usually accompanied by a sense of irritation because the others either do not understand the context or don’t add anything useful to your already more-than-perfect idea and, what is even worse, hold back your life and your projects. Have you ever found yourself in such a situation? Nothing is more dangerous.

To know oneself is to understand eventually that success in any field can be measured by the results, but also by the impact caused on others, which depends on the perception people have of you and never on who you think you are. To understand that there is usually a huge gap between these two perspectives is a fundamental step to work on your professional image and be more competent in everything you do. The exercise of listening attentively, to work as a team and to avoid what I call “professional autism” will not only determine your success, but may transform you into a better person, more aware and connected to the world around you. I always think about this in everything I do, and each day I try to improve. It’s a worthwhile experience.