This week, we are talking about why some people advance so quickly and maybe without merit. We've all seen it and all wondered, what did that guy do to deserve that promotion? Nothing that I see. What a chump he really is. This week, we want to talk about that and figure out how you respond and how you put yourself on the track to get promoted quicker than everyone else.

In my very first job, when I was 22 and 23, I got a letter asking for information from someone very important in town. Normally, it would take two to three weeks to turn around a letter like that, but I knew who he was. He had no idea who I was, so I did it in one day and sent it to him very, very quickly. He was shocked and responded very noticeably. He told my boss about it, and I learned a lesson: people who respond faster than expected get promoted very quickly.