Play for the Front of the Jersey

If you’re an employee who wants to optimize your career, figure out what will make your company win. Then go do that. Over and over again. It will show up in your title and your compensation. And in terms of experience…helping build a winning company is the ride of a lifetime.

One of my favorite sayings is “Play for the front of the jersey.”1 If you follow sports, you know what this means. The name of the team goes on the front of the jersey, and the name of the individual goes on the back.