Kissing up

Sometimes I feel that certain people at work are nice to me not because they truly like or appreciate me at a personal level, but because I am doing well and they probably figure that they better stay on my good side now in case I am in a position of power later. I, of course, can see right through that and know exactly who my true friends are. But for the rest of them, I still find it flattering that they feel like I am one to watch.