Because of an article I read this week, or last...The only way to get ahead, or the promotion, is to be the kind of asshole you don't think you should be. Be a suck up, throw your co-workers under the bus, steal the credit for things you didn't do, lie, cheat and steal. Somehow those who hire feel that these people will make good bosses under them. SRSLY? No wonder we are so screwed. Or why all upper management are idiots, who can run their business almost as well as they can tie their shoes. Doesn't seem to matter if it's government or private sector.