These are smart gambles will help you get noticed at work.

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1. Get in over your head

Instead of sticking to set duties, try tackling task beyond your comfort zone. Your gutsiness will stretch the boundaries of your ability, show off your initiative, and catch your superior’s eye.

2. Be brutally honest

The next time a colleague asks for your opinion, give it to them straight. Employees are so used to say “yes” mean hat you’ll get more respect by offering constructive criticism. So try nicely saying “What would happen if you tried going in this direction?” It will build your rep as a problem solver.

3. Skip out

Lunch is your one chance o pick people’s brains in casual setting. So instead of chowing down in your cube, invite a new co-worker or one of your supervisors to a noon nosh. It may be nerve-wracking, but the bond you’ll forge is totally worth it.