How to Find the Person Who Can Help You Get Ahead at Work

On the Two of Cups page, the card is framed as chosen relationship: mutual recognition, alignment of values, and a bond that only works when both parties opt in consciously. This is about resonance, trust, and agreement. That framing maps directly onto Carla Harris’s core message. In How to Find the Person Who Can Help You Get Ahead at Work, Harris dismantles the idea that advancement comes from vague visibility or generic mentorship. Instead, she argues for identifying a specific sponsor: someone who knows your work, believes in your potential, and is willing to stake their reputation on you. That dynamic is quintessential Two of Cups: a deliberate pairing where both people gain something meaningful. You bring excellence, reliability, and clarity of ambition; they bring advocacy, access, and belief. Importantly, Harris emphasizes that this relationship must be cultivated through authenticity and delivery, not manipulation. You don’t “use” a sponsor, you earn the relationship by showing up consistently and allowing yourself to be truly known. That mirrors the Two of Cups’ deeper teaching: connection requires vulnerability, honesty, and mutual respect. The cup is exchanged, not taken. Where other career talks focus on ladders, strategies, or self-promotion, this one focuses on relational alchemy. Advancement happens through human bonds that are clear, mutual, and sustained. In Tarot terms, this is not the Three of Cups’ social circle or the Six of Pentacles’ hierarchy... it is the moment two people look at each other and say, “We are aligned, and we choose to walk together.”