· Add Items to Your "To Do" List. Most people focus on taking items off their list. Star performers focus on what other things they can do.

· Give Others Credit When Things Go Well. Don't overdo this, or it will come off insincere. But at the appropriate time, when the situation calls for it, don't take the credit even if you deserve it.

How will doing these steps help you become a star performer?

First, by being focused on the process and not the result, you will begin to experience a couple key things. One, the people you work with will start to gravitate towards you. They will want to see you be successful just like you will with them. And, that dynamic produces terrific happenings. Secondly, your confidence level will start to rise. When you are feeling more confident about your work, your "happy-meter" will go up, too. Together, it's a winning formula for building a successful career.

Gordon Miller is a career coach, speaker, and the author of The Career Coach: Winning Strategies for Getting Ahead in Today's Job Market (Doubleday). He can be reached at gordonmiller@group56.com or http://www.group56.com .