Most people do well in their work but never move out of their rut.
They often see promotions go to colleagues who don't do as well as they. Well, to begin with, doing a good job is a valuable prerequisite to promotion, but it is only one of many prerequisites. Of course, if you can brighten your corner with an outstanding piece of work or some new and productive ideas, doing a good job will be prominent among the prerequisites and draw attention to you. So, the first thing you must do is to like your wor and approach it with enthusiasm. This may take some doing if, by chance, you have no enthusiasm for this type of work in the first place.