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☆ Amazon CEO says this ability separates successful careers from stagnant ones: ‘You have to be ravenous’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The key to success is to never stop trying to learn new things, according to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. "You have to be ravenous and hungry to find ways to learn," Jassy said last week in a video posted by Amazon about the company's famous list of 16 leadership principles, originally penned by founder Jeff Bezos. One of those principles, "Learn and Be Curious," says the best leaders "are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves." Jassy said he's seen that ability make the biggest difference between people who successfully grow their careers and those who remain "stagnant." Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

Persons: Andy Jassy, Jassy, Jeff Bezos, he's, Aneesh Raman, Bezos, Julia Stewart, Stewart, I've, I'm Organizations: Amazon, CNBC

☆ 68-year-old started writing down a simple list in high school—it helped her become a CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Julia Stewart's strategy for success is printed on a piece of paper she keeps framed on her desk. It's a list of "life goals" the 68-year-old CEO has been making, and regularly updating, for roughly five decades now. "I started my first life goals when I graduated from high school. The current list of life goals that sit, framed, on Alurx CEO Julia Stewart's desk in Pasadena, California. It's much more about me making certain that, in my day to day, I'm helping others [and] making a difference," says Stewart.

Persons: Julia Stewart's, I've, Stewart, IHOP's, She's, Tim, —, Julia Stewart Early, Burger King, I'm Locations: Pasadena , California

☆ Ex-CEO of $2 billion company: I couldn't break the glass ceiling—so I went around it instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Julia Stewart, the former CEO of Dine Brands, who is now founder and CEO of wellness company Alurx. Julia Stewart's rise to CEO was nothing like climbing a career ladder. She's currently the CEO of wellness company Alurx, which she founded in 2020. Sometimes, that meant moving to different regions within the same company, Stewart says. Instead, learning more about how individual restaurants brought in money opened up Stewart's career path.

Persons: Julia Stewart, Julia Stewart's, Stewart, She's, —, Carl's, Burger, Stuart Anderson's, she'd, could've, IHOP's, Applebee's Organizations: Dine Brands, Dine, CNBC, San Diego State University, Burger King, Angus, Taco Bell, Taco, Applebee's Locations: Taco

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