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5 Simple Ways to Impress Your Boss

Simple actions that you can do today that place you in the "stars" category

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Steve Huynh
Mar 19, 2025
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Your manager has already put you in a box.

Whether you realize it or not, they've mentally categorized you into one of three buckets: the stars they can't afford to lose, the solid performers who get the job done, or the baseline employees who just meet expectations. Once you're labeled, it's surprisingly difficult to change categories—but the quality of your work life depends on which bucket you're in.

Well, that’s not entirely true. There’s a fourth bucket of low-performers that your manager does not favor. But those people get let go and so it transitions back to the three buckets.

The four three manager buckets:

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