A successful career is the goal of most working people. For most people, becoming successful is the result of having a significant amount of determination and dedication. Unfortunately, many employees view their abilities, skills, or education sufficient for a "job," but insufficient to achieve real success. Why settle for just having a job when you can improve and have a successful career? This book focuses on the average worker and discusses the essential principles, practices, skills and attitudes necessary to become a valuable employee. This book addresses actions to take and things to avoid, identifies many risk and reward scenarios, offers suggestions concerning issues of importance, and is augmented with helpful personal worksheets. Success involves a mental change to think success, recognize your worth as an employee, implement a self-improvement process and develop good work habits. This book can help make those things happen.