Set your goals right

Someone once told me, repeating the same thing everyday and expecting a different result is call stupidity. I guess this law applies to everything we do. If you are doing what everyone is doing and still expect to be higher in ranking, then I would suggest to you to dream on it. Its never easy to climb the coporate ladder, you might be very popular among your colleagues but being Mr popular or Mr Nice guy will get you nowhere. If you were to ask anyone on top, most are not popular among the colleagues yet it doesn't matter to them. Get the goals clear, it the people on top that judge you or promote you not your colleagues. Of cos being Mr popular has its advantages too, you can get certain things done easily than having to go through the proper channel and can help easily. People can give positive comment about you to your boss but all still depends on your performance. If you are capable, you still can get things done through the proper channel set by the company.