Merit alone may not get you that job promotion¹. The details:

仅仅具有工作成绩可能还不足以让你升职。具体说来就是：

You've worked hard, produced great results, and have all the right qualifications. Nevertheless, that bigger job you had your eye on went to your boss's golf buddy², or old college roommate, or brother-in-law instead.

你工作努力，成绩卓越，拥有所有的资格证书。但是，在工作中你更需要关注的反而应该是老板的高尔夫球友、他的大学室友或者他姐妹夫的事情。

Scant³ consolation⁴ though it may be, but you've got plenty of company. A whopping 92% of senior executives say they have seen favoritism - defined as the use of criteria⁵ other than performance - determine who gets promoted, says a new study conducted by consultants⁶ Penn Schoen Berland on behalf of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.

这么说可能还不足以说服你，但是有很多人和你一样不相信这项言论。代表乔治敦大学麦克多诺商学院的顾问佩恩·思高恩·伯兰的一项新研究显示，高层管理人员中有92%的人表示，自己见识过老板的偏袒——不看员工的工作成绩看自己的准则——以此决定谁升职。

For those of you who think that performance alone will get you promoted, it won't. At least in many cases it won't.

仅仅靠工作成绩就能升职，我要对持有这样观点的人说，这不可能发生。至少在多数情况下不会。

And I wouldn't say that "favoritism" is the main problem/issue/reason. I think what they're really describing above is likeability. And as I've noted⁷ many times previously⁸, being likeable is just as important to your career growth as is performance.

我不觉得“偏心”是主要问题或原因。我觉得决定性的问题是老板对你的好感度。正如我之前多次提到的一样，获得老板的喜爱像工作业绩一样，对你的职业发展很重要。

The following 11 "laws" that make people likable:

以下11条法则让你变“可爱”：

The Law of Authenticity⁹: The real you is the best you.

真实法则：真实的你才是最好的你。

The Law of Self-Image: Before you can expect others to like you, you have to like you.

自我形象法则：要想别人喜爱你，你必须先喜爱你自己。

The Law of Perception: Perception is reality. How you perceive others is your reality about them, and the same is true for them of you.

看法法则：看法即现实。你怎么看待别人会在你的现实工作中体现出来，他们对你也是如此。

The Law of Energy: Energy is contagious¹⁰. What we give off is what we get back.

能量法则：能量是会传染的。我们散发的能量就是吸取到的能量。

The Law of Curiosity: Curiosity creates connections.

好奇法则：好奇创建关系纽带。

The Law of Listening: You have to listen to understand.

倾听法则：你必须把别人的话听明白。

The Law of Similarity: People like people like them.

相似法则：人们都喜欢让人们喜欢他们。

The Law of Mood Memory: People are more apt to remember how you made them feel than what you said.

情绪记忆法则：人们更倾向于你给他们的感觉，而不是你说的话。

The Law of Familiarity: People feel comfortable with who and what they know.

熟人法则：和认识的人共事或做熟悉的工作会让人感到舒服。

The Law of Giving: Give first. Do because you can, and because giving creates value.

好施法则：首先要奉献，因为奉献了才能创造价值。

The Law of Patience: Give it time, things happen.

耐心法则：假以时日，水到渠成。