The Keys to Unlocking Your Most Successful Career: Five Simple But Crucial Lessons

WSJ -- Finding a job, flourishing on the job and moving into a better job demand plenty of work–especially during a jobless recovery. That's why I am offering my five best lessons for managing your career, gleaned since I launched this column in July 1993. They include the importance of out-of-the box networking, sweating the small stuff and knowing yourself well enough that you're always ready for reinvention. The lessons' common theme? No one can manage You Inc. better than you. And here's how to do it: