I have been promoted in just about every company I worked at up to C-suite where obviously promotion isn’t really relevant any more. The common factor in each case is I always (no matter what my theoretical job title) try to do two things:

1) Understand as much as I can about the actual mission of the company. What is it trying to do, why does this make money, what is the impact it has on the broader society, how does my team/department contribute to this mission, etc? This helps to align my activities as much as possible with the companies actual mission because often bosses will give you tasks which are about furthering their career rather than doing this. If you try to make your work line up with the mission you avoid a lot of that sort of nonsense. Even if you don’t succeed, you will learn a lot by doing this and that will help to keep your work interesting.

2) Strive to increase my personal impact. Don’t try to get promoted, don’t try to get influence don’t try to increase salary etc. Try to figure out ways you can have a greater impact. All the other things will flow from that if you succeed.