If you do the work and someone else gets the credit, I think there are some possible reasons:
1) Your boss didn’t watch your work that closely — so he didn’t know who actually did what.
2) The person who got the credit without actually doing anything was able to manipulate the boss to think that it was him who did it.
3) You weren’t making enough “noise” about yourself. I know it’s not something we usually like to do. But it’s a fact that those who make the biggest noise are noticed most often.

Another thing of course is that if that person who emerged as a hero really was a hero. Then I think what mattered was that that person came in with a different mind set. As an outsider it’s sometimes easier to see what’s wrong in a situation, when the people who are working on it are already sucked so deep in the problem that they have become a part of it…

But as a person I don’t want to give up and think that it’s all destiny… Because that means that you don’t have any power over what will happen. If you don’t have any power over it, then there’s no point in doing anything. Just go with the flow and see what happens.

I dare to say that if we are guided by “destiny” then we won’t do anything great in our lives. We have to stand up and work for the things we feel are important – and if there is something like destiny then we’ll at least be fighting hard against it ;)

How many times it happens that for no fault of yours, you need to bear brunt ?
Or you have managed to ensure for quite long that things run smoothly but nobody bothers about it ? Or you really work hard to bring your team/company etc. out of crisis but somebody else emerges as hero ?
I think then only logical reason for such thins to happen is DESTINY…

Well, for last 2 questions, the typical reply will be – “So it means you did not project your work properly”. How easy…By giving that reply, I guess, people must be feeling satisfied that they have managed to find the reason (and person to blame for).
But is it that simple ? As a leader/manager, can’t I even expect that person to be more expert (than me) in managing people ? Or does “people management” mean “people manipulation” ?

This is by far the longest and most thorough response I’ve received so far! Thanks for taking the time to do all the writing and copy pasting :) — I don’t know if there is a way to make it possible to include the original post but I’ll do some research…

1. Haha! That’s definitely one way to read my first bullet… I didn’t think of it that way, but you have a point.

2. I still like to believe that most people are trustworthy… Maybe I’m a bit naive, but I like it that way :)

4. I don’t think it’s stupid.

What I do is I vision situations in which I’m the happiest and deduct my dreams from them. For example, I really like working on my own stuff at home, so one of my dreams is to work from home. I like seeing and hearing the rain so one of my dreams is to have an office in which I can sense the rain while working… And so on…

As you can see, my dreams really are like dreams. Moments, feelings, and so on. Out of them I then choose some that I try to reach through starting small and hard work. When it comes to dreams, I have no filter. :)

7. This is interesting… What makes you believe in destiny?

11. Hehe :) I guess what you can do is to just listen to the critisism but then ignore it…

13. Yep. That’s right!

14. Good point!

An excellent post that I can closely relate myself to…

>>1. Keep your eyes open: When you walk around the town with your eyes
>> wide open, you can’t help but notice interesting things all around you.

Man, I always do that. On a bright sunny day, I can not ask for more…so many girls in such short dresses (??) with so much varity….I do, I do, I do..:)

>>2. Trust like a child:
I don’t think that is feasible now in this “corporate” world…

>>3. Kill cynicism:
Man, I have to try really hard to do that, still…

>>4. Dream big:
I am actually quite confused about what I should dream…I know it sounds stupid, but I am a confused man when it comes to dreaming…I really don’t know what I want…

>>5. Ask why:
I have managed to achieve that. At least, in my professional life, I don’t accept anything without evidence.

>> 6. Ask how:
Still need to make it a habit. Sometimes I am quite lazy…

>>7. Be the luckiest person you know:
Not really. I have started believing in DESTINY….controls everything

>>8. Read something every day:
Absolutely. I have lost that reading habit and I am not at all happy about that. Need to start it again.

>>9. Talk to interesting people:
That is pretty difficult. I mean finding interesting people. And I am not a person who will easily chat with a stranger or make friends on-the-fly.

>>10. Break your limits:
I definitely need to do that.

>>11. Don’t accept criticism too early:
Tried that but didn’t work for me. Maybe I was not diplomatic enough.

>>12. Learn from your mistakes:
Absolutely.

>>13. Start small:
“Starting” is very very important and quite difficult too…

>>14. You can make a difference!
Maybe I am making a difference. But I would like to do that quite often and realise when I make a difference. That will keep my morale high…

p.s. Jarkko, you need to provide an option to include original text in reply, this reply was too much of a copy-and-paste exercise for me…:))

I’m sure it won’t be the last one either. When you get used to commenting, soon you’ll notice that you’re enjoying it a lot – and leaving more and more comments every day. :)

At least that’s what happened to me when I started doing it more…