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He went from washing lab equipment for $10 an hour to leading a $30 billion healthcare company. His advice to Gen Z: Raise your hand
By Preston ForeNovember 7, 2026
Jeff Bezos wearing a royal blue shirt with his sleeves rolled up.
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Jeff Bezos used one simple question to decide whether to quit Wall Street and start Amazon: What will I regret when I’m 80?
By Preston ForeNovember 3, 2026
Mark Cuban in 2001 holding up a Dairy Queen ice cream cone
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Mark Cuban says Gen Z should think more like Jeff Bezos and stop chasing the perfect job: ‘Just get a job’—even at McDonald’s or Dairy Queen
By Preston ForeOctober 29, 2026
Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him there
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Costco CEO Ron Vachris rose from forklift driver to the C-suite without a college degree: ‘Don’t chase a title’ is the career advice that got him there
By Preston ForeOctober 18, 2026
Wearing a white cap with the NFL logo, referee Shawn Smith holds up his fist
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Despite making over $200,000 a year, many NFL referees still hold full-time jobs as attorneys, aerospace engineers, and college professors
By Preston ForeOctober 16, 2026
Mike Tomlin smiling
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Warren Buffett watches YouTube, David Solomon DJs, and this former NFL coach spent 12 years playing Minecraft
By Preston ForeOctober 11, 2026
Richard Brown headshot
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Meet a 71-year-old who retired as a radiologist and professor, and now runs a banana-skewer business: ‘I never want to retire. Why would you do that?’
By Preston ForeSeptember 20, 2026
Mary Barra
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GM CEO Mary Barra says America has a ‘societal problem’ with skilled trades—and is putting $200 million behind training Gen Z to work with their hands
By Preston ForeSeptember 17, 2026
Kendra Scott sitting on the set of "Shark Tank."
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Kendra Scott says a horrible manager taught her that being cutthroat isn’t the only way to run a company: ‘The worst boss was my best boss’
By Preston ForeSeptember 9, 2026
Josh Bayliss
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Richard Branson double-booked his own job interview. The candidate stuck in traffic with him for 2.5 hours is now Virgin’s CEO
By Preston ForeAugust 29, 2026
Andrew Cherng speaks into a microphone
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Despite working long 12-hour days, billionaire Panda Express co-CEO says he never got burned out: ‘That’s life’
By Preston ForeAugust 28, 2026
Scott Kirby
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United CEO Scott Kirby tells Gen Z interns to ditch excuses—it’s a mantra he learned in Air Force training: ‘Figure out how to overcome it’
By Preston ForeAugust 14, 2026
Michael Saylor,
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Crypto billionaire Michael Saylor says he made $15 billion last year with ChatGPT—and has one rule: ‘Don’t try to outwork the robots’
By Preston ForeAugust 6, 2026
Young businessman checking smartphone in dark wood office
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Career growth is actually a higher priority for Gen Z than work-life balance, survey says—with 93% of interns wanting to become executives
By Preston ForeAugust 5, 2026
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) CEO Paul Griggs
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PwC U.S. CEO advises young workers to say yes a lot, even if it means working on the weekends—‘That person climbs into the next role’
By Emma BurleighAugust 3, 2026
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