Continue to remind yourself that the only way to advance in a career is by working deeply continuously, so you'd become the best person to the job. When you've reached this point, you'd be able to win the global competition.
Forty years ago, the father of the field of listening, Dr. Ralph Nichols of the University of Minnesota, posited that people spend 40 percent of our day listening to others, but merely retain 25 percent of what we hear.