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☆ Yale expert: This is how you build 1 trait highly successful people share
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The key lies in a simple trait that highly successful people share: self-awareness. For Gendler, who studies how insights from ancient scholars can solve modern problems, building the trait involves tapping into your inner Socrates. Start doing the same for any belief you're trying to unlearn. People on the unstable bridge reported that they felt more attracted to the person alongside them. "Imagine having an inner Socrates with you on the bridge," Gendler said.

☆ Introverts, stop acting like extroverts to be successful—do this instead, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The research is clear: Making extra small talk or raising your hand for networking opportunities can help introverts find more energy, better social connections and higher levels of happiness. Extroverts may feel recharged and revitalized after some small talk, while introverts are ready to lie down, even if they enjoyed those conversations just as much. Of course, not every stereotypically extroverted action drains introverts: Some might love rowdy happy hours or off-the-cuff brainstorms. "Acting like an extrovert" might just mean reaching out to others more often, despite knowing you typically find those interaction tiring. A simple calculation can help you determine when to put yourself out there and when to pull back, Shapiro says.

☆ An 85-year Harvard study on the key to happiness could spell trouble for introverts—unless you know these 2 tricks
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

1 key to happiness comes down to positive relationships, according to an 85-year study from Harvard researchers. That's great news for anyone ready to ditch their gym membership — but for introverts, the news might feel like a mixed bag. From cocktail mixers to out-loud brainstorming sessions, the business world can feel stacked in favor of extroverts, particularly when it comes to forming the kind of bonds that lead to happiness. When introverts find happiness in positive relationships, they probably get that value from a smaller number of "deeper, longer term, slower-starting" connections, Shapiro told CNBC Make It. The trick is knowing how to start, build and sustain those relationships — and it's easier if you know a few key tricks, Shapiro said.

☆ ‘Young people are going to teach us to die better’: How ‘human composting,' already legal in 6 states, could help the planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The 31-year-old is a client of Return Home, a Seattle-area human composting facility. The first five people to sign up for Return Home's pre-planning services were under age 35, according to CEO Micah Truman. Human composting is legal in six states and countingOn a rapidly warming planet, the somewhat fringe concept is inching toward the mainstream. Human composting, also called "natural organic reduction," is now legal in six states and counting. Detractors are increasingly voicing their concernsNina Schoen first learned about Recompose in 2017, two years before human composting was even legal in Washington.

☆ Ex-‘Shark Tank’ guest star: Highly successful people don’t make backup plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

He also spent eight years as executive vice president of the New York Jets and made multiple guest appearances on ABC's "Shark Tank." Its core thesis: Get rid of your backup plan. One group had a backup plan. To Higgins, that's supportive evidence for his "burn the boats" philosophy: Anytime you even consider a Plan B, you lose energy that could otherwise go toward Plan A. Simply throwing caution to the wind is a bad idea, though: Eliminating your backup takes some careful planning.

☆ Psychologist shares the 'daily mental workout' she uses to crush her inner critic: ‘It’s been a real game changer’
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For most of her teens and 20s, Rachel Turow was her own worst critic. "I felt awkward and lonely and weird," Turow, a Seattle-based clinical psychologist, said on a recent podcast episode of "The Happiness Lab," hosted by Yale University professor Dr. Laurie Santos. It was the epitome of self-criticism — a common affliction, and one that Turow referred to as "the smoking of mental health." Turow, who published a book called "The Self Talk Workout" last year, learned that firsthand. As she trained to become a clinical psychologist, she picked up a set of daily exercises that helped her treat herself more compassionately, she said.

☆ Perfectionism can be your biggest enemy—but it’s simple to fix, says mental health author
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Mental health author Morra Aarons-Mele disagrees. Too many people think that "if we don't give 100%, if we're not perfect, it's a judgment on us," she adds. Unlearning the most painful parts of your perfectionist tendencies can start today, Aarons-Mele says. Learn how to recognize the signsThere's a reason you've been clinging onto perfectionist tendencies this long, Aarons-Mele says: They probably seem to work for you. Longer term, perfectionism usually leads people down one of two paths, neither of which are good for you, Aarons-Mele says.

☆ Mental health author shares her 3 best ways to turn anxiety into career success: 'I had to learn to work differently'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Until age 30, mental health author Morra Aarons-Mele worked in high-pressure political and marketing jobs. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern in the U.S., with over 40 million adults impacted, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. And whether you have a formally diagnosed anxiety disorder or you struggle with anxiety periodically, it shouldn't have to be a barrier to workplace success, Aarons-Mele says. Today, she uses her experiences to help others reevaluate the connection between their success and mental health with her podcast, "The Anxious Achiever." She published her first book on mental health in 2017, and has another one — with the same name as her podcast — slated to publish in April.

☆ Chiefs coach Andy Reid uses 1 simple tactic to build trust with his players—and anyone can do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Andy Reid's run of success with the Kansas City Chiefs stems, at least partially, from a single decision he made a decade ago. Since becoming the team's head coach in 2013, Reid has led Kansas City to the NFL playoffs nine times in ten seasons. But when Reid first started in Kansas City, the team was weathering a rough patch, and he needed to quickly build trust with his players. former Kansas City linebacker Derrick Johnson told ESPN in 2020. At the meetings, players could complain about anything: the length or intensity of practices, the food in the cafeteria or whatever else was on their minds.

☆ Costs could rise even more in 2023—and thousands of CEOs blame climate change
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Their reason: climate change. Such incidents have led environmental experts and economists to establish a link between climate change and inflation. Climate change isn't considered a primary driver of today's inflation, but economists say the connection will deepen as the planet continues to warm — making the link more noticeable and acute. At the corporate level, only CEOs who feel directly exposed to climate change are likely to take steps to address it, PwC's survey found. Many company-driven climate efforts aren't even particularly successful, the report noted.

☆ Eagles coach Nick Sirianni: Highly successful people ‘get a little bit better’ each day—but there’s 1 thing in your way
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After the Philadelphia Eagles advanced to this year's Super Bowl, head coach Nick Sirianni set a simple goal for his players over their next two weeks of practices — be a little bit better today than you were yesterday. "Our job is to get a little better each day, to climb," Sirianni said. "We don't need to think about getting way down the road here, but how do we get a little better today?" For Sirianni, who's in his second season as the Eagles' head coach, that's the key to achieving success. Small-scale focus adds up: Experts recommend breaking down ambitious goals — like winning the Super Bowl — into smaller, achievable tasks that can be sustained over a longer period of time.

☆ Nearly 2,000 CEOs think their companies won't be able to make money in 10 years, survey says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

That's almost 40% of the total number of CEOs surveyed across 105 countries for PwC's annual global CEO survey. More than half of the CEOs surveyed cited shifts in consumer demand, regulatory changes and labor shortages as challenges to their profitability over the next 10 years. And despite the concerns, most of the company leaders surveyed — 60% — aren't planning any layoffs, at least over the next 12 months. However, the report's prescription for worried CEOs may not bode particularly well for some workers. The surveyed CEOs said they want to make such bold decisions but aren't currently prioritizing them.

☆ Job interview tips to help you get hired: What to say, mistakes to avoid, how to answer key questions and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Cindy Perman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Career coach Natalie Fisher said there are four common reasons why you might get a job interview but not a job offer: 1. The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It": Pump yourself up before you walk into a job interview. Interview tips from an HR pro who tracked her job search on TikTokAnd finally, a few job interview tips from Jordan Gibbs. Here are a few of her top job interview tips: Never count your chickens before they're hatched. Read more job interview tips from Gibbs and how she ultimately landed her job.

☆ Meetings aren't ‘the enemy’: HR expert's No. 1 lesson from 3 years of no-meeting Wednesdays
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"Their calendar looked like a massive game of Tetris, where they didn't have breathing space," Rogerson, now the company's global head of people, recalls. Sixty-seven percent of workers say excessive meetings prevent them from doing their best work, a 2019 survey from consulting firm Korn Ferry reported. "If you've been in back-to-back meetings, even having an hour break is just bliss," Rogerson says. But making these no-meeting days work is a bit more complex than simply banning meetings from your Wednesday calendars, Rogerson says. You might not end up with fewer meetings on your weekly calendar, either — and, turns out, that's perfectly fine.

☆ A more useful way to measure intelligence, XQ is 'the new EQ,' says USC research scientist
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

There's a new way to predict success: XQ, or experiential intelligence. Rather than book smarts or empathetic abilities, experiential intelligence is a measure of how your life experiences have shaped the way you think, what you know and how you use that knowledge. "[It's] the combination of mindsets, abilities and know-how gained from your past experiences," Soren Kaplan, author of the book "Experiential Intelligence: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs," tells CNBC Make It. And while you might work to improve your EQ, for example, you don't require training to start applying experiential intelligence to your own life. "Everyone has experiential intelligence," Kaplan says.

☆ The secret to having successful relationships and being a superstar manager comes down to 2 words
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Psychologists Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, who studied 40,000 couples, found those simple words were the No. For starters, saying "thank you" is good for your health — no matter the context. In his 2022 book "Say Thank You for Everything: The Secrets of Being a Great Manager," Edwards outlines 19 things every new manager needs to learn — and saying "thank you" is the kicker. Two out of every three workers surveyed said their manager could improve at giving in-the-moment, positive feedback. Managers can start by saying "thank you" for small, everyday tasks.

☆ 4 great unexpected job interview questions—and how to answer them, says HR expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Canva fielded more than 220,000 job applications last year, ultimately hiring just over 1,000 of those applicants, Rogerson says. If you're a manager, take note: Unconventional interview questions help fend off trite, pre-written answers. This approach to interviewing is gaining steam, especially as more and more companies drop educational requirements for job openings. Here are four questions every manager should bring into rotation, Rogerson says — and how to start preparing for them. They're more about learning who the candidate is, how good they'd be at the job and whether they'd thrive in your workplace.

☆ Distracted at work? Tips from an attention expert to reclaim your time: ‘Manage your manager’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Much of Eyal's work, including his bestselling book "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life," revolves around conquering distractions. Here's how to identify your most problematic distractions:Start talking about it"The problem of distraction at work is that we can't talk about the problem of distraction at work," according to Eyal. Sync up your schedulesFor employees, becoming less distracted is all about communicating needs: "Manage your managers," Eyal says. "It tells them, 'This is my focus work time, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. It's my time to work without distractions,'" Eyal explains.

☆ Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson changed his daily routine to do less: 'I was forcing a lot of the things'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Taking on more led to intense productivity for Johnson — but that "plate is always full" mentality eventually had a breaking point. In many ways, though, the opposite is true: Research shows that multitasking diminishes your performance and output. While it's hard to pull back like Johnson did, research shows it could be the key to more long-lasting success. That's especially true when rest time occurs during the workday: Research shows scheduling in breaks can stimulate creativity and improve efficiency and concentration. But there is no success alone," Johnson told CNBC Make It in 2021.

☆ Yale research: Highly successful people argue differently
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

One group was instructed to adopt a competitive mentality in order to "win" the argument, while the other group was told to "argue to learn." An "arguing to learn" mentality rests in viewing contentious conversations as collaborative exchanges that can deepen your understanding of a given topic, rather than battles to be won. That mentality can hold the key to success: Research shows open-minded people perceive the world around them differently, leading to an increase in happiness and creativity. One of his key takeaways from the study is that approaching hot-button issues from an "arguing to learn" mentality can help shift your own thinking. You're getting the right answer more often," he explains.

☆ Amid 'quiet hiring,' here’s what highly successful workplaces should focus on
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In 2023, "quiet hiring" — when a company redistributes staffers or recruits short-term contractors instead of hiring full-time employees — could dominate the workplace. How quality workplaces improve retentionThriving companies conduct regular surveys and host check-ins to track employee engagement, Labbe says. Quiet hiring itself can also help with employee retention. Emily Rose McRae, a Gartner HR analyst who helped coin the term "quiet hiring," told CNBC Make It last week. At Toptal, during periods the recruiting team wasn't busy, some team members moved over to the sales team, Labbe says.

☆ Highly successful people use this 1 skill to get more from reading, says Northwestern expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Anyone who's ever curled up with a good book knows the health benefits of regular recreational reading. There's a single tweak you can make to your reading habits to become even more successful, says Northwestern management professor Brooke Vuckovic, who teaches a MBA class on extracting leadership lessons from literature. Her tip: After you've finished reading a new book, try describing it in one sentence. There's another benefit, too: When students in Vuckovic's MBA class write one-line book descriptions, they're often struck by how differently other people see the world, she says. One person might write a summary about Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" that focuses on the central love story.

☆ Bestselling author James Patterson works 77-hour weeks to stay productive at age 75: 'Hungry dogs run faster'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bestselling author James Patterson's first book published 47 years ago — and his hustle hasn't stopped since then. Patterson pointed to a piece of guiding advice from his grandmother that helps illuminate the drive behind his work ethic. Typically, Patterson writes an initial 50- to 70-page outline for a story before encouraging his co-writers to start filling in the gaps with sentences, paragraphs and chapters, he said. As for the writing itself, Patterson writes longhand, with an assistant transcribing his handwriting into typed drafts, he said. Sign up now: Get smarter about your money and career with our weekly newsletterDon't miss: James Patterson's writing started as a side hustle—now he's one of the world's highest paid authors

☆ Highly successful people read books differently, says expert: An 'underused and incredibly powerful...way to develop ourselves'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

From Bill Gates to Barack Obama, successful leaders are often diligent readers. In Vuckovic's MBA class on moral leadership, students read and analyze novels and short stories to determine how power and empathy manifest in the workplace. "Our best leaders are looking for ways to develop themselves, and fiction represents an often underused and incredibly powerful, low cost, ongoing, pleasurable way to develop ourselves — if read correctly," Vuckovic tells CNBC Make It. By answering those questions, you develop a "crucial skill" for leaders, Vuckovic says: interpersonal awareness and empathy, which has been shown to foster welcoming and thriving workplaces. Now, you're practicing self-awareness, another critical skill for successful leadership, Vuckovic says.

☆ Workplaces can do 1 simple thing to help employees grow, says expert: 'If you could do that for $1 per leader, you should'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

It's a paltry sum for many companies, but when spent intelligently, it can help promising employees become effective leaders, says Katy Tynan, a principal analyst at Forrester who co-published the report. Without quality leadership, employees become disengaged at work, leading to retention issues. That means if five employees making $100,000 annually quit, your company might need to spend $500,000 replacing them. The problem: Leadership development isn't something you can simply throw money at. Here's her advice for employees who want support, and workplaces struggling to retain them.

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