Success at work does not fall from the sky. However, those looking for advancement must internalize a few principles in order to be able to take their professional destiny into their own hands. Here are the most important tips from motivational trainers, career coaches and HR professionals.

Career success – that’s what many people think of when it comes to hard work and top performance. But some people make a career out of being lazy. But how can it be that laziness favors ascent?

How can it be that industrious people stagnate while the lazy climb up? Why is laziness a career accelerator and not the opposite?

In this video career consultant Martin Wehrle shows an important background: how career really works. Because those who make a career focus on a certain aspect. In this video you will find out what that is and how you can use it for your own advancement, promotion or salary increase.

LinkedIn study examines what success means to employees. Happiness and health are more important than career advancement.

Contrary to the classic definition that success is synonymous with an influential position in a company and a lot of money, professional success plays a rather subordinate role for German employees. This was the result of a representative study commissioned by LinkedIn, which examined how Germans define success for themselves today.

According to this, success has an individual meaning for 66 percent of those surveyed. Just under a quarter of those surveyed see professional milestones as a success. Financial aspects such as a salary increase (16 percent) or a six-figure salary (12 percent) are rated even less important. Being happy (72 percent) or healthy (71 percent) is seen as the greatest achievement. For most people, the job serves as a way to have more freedom later. 17 percent would like to retire by 2027 and be able to actively shape it.