Oprah Winfrey rose from a childhood of poverty and abuse to being the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated talk show in American history. Here are five career lessons you can learn from the inspiring ascent of “The Queen of All Media.”
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Director Christopher Nolan has taken moviegoers into wormholes, through the streets of Gotham, and into the deepest recesses of our dreams. In the process, he became one of the highest-grossing directors in history. Here are five career lessons that you can learn from the master of mind-bending cinema.
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Larry Ellison is the co-founder of Oracle, one of the world’s most successful tech companies—and more importantly, he is widely believed to have inspired Robert Downey Jr.’s performance as Iron Man. Here are five career lessons that you can learn from Ellison, a college dropout-turned-billionaire. Continue reading “Paths to Success: Five Career Lessons To Learn From Larry Ellison”
Mary Barra began her General Motors (GM) career inspecting fenders and worked her way up to become the company’s CEO. Here are five career lessons that you can learn from the first woman to rise to the top of the American auto manufacturing industry. Continue reading “Paths To Success: 5 Career Lessons To Learn From Mary Barra”
Elon Musk is the founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, two of the most innovative and exciting companies of our time. The methods that he used to achieve his success are varied and bizarre; from reading science fiction to cold calling executives, here are five career lessons that you can learn from a true pioneer of technology. Continue reading “Paths to Success: 5 Career Lessons to Learn from Elon Musk”
Within five years, author J.K. Rowling went from living on welfare to becoming a multimillionaire. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of her beloved fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone), we are looking back at Rowling’s extraordinary story of struggle and persistence. Here are five career lesson that you can learn from one of the world’s most beloved writers. Continue reading “Paths to Success: 5 Career Lessons to learn from J.K. Rowling”
No matter what your career goals are, sharing successful people’s strategies will give you insight on how to get ahead. This week, we are featuring investment king Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Here are five career lessons you can learn from the path to success of one of the richest businessmen in the world. Continue reading “Paths to Success: 5 Career Lessons to Learn from Warren Buffett”
