A Google executive shares the 5 things to avoid doing for a successful career

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Daniel Rizea, a director of engineering at Google, advises against extreme job-hopping. While you may earn more money for a while, your performance will plateau, and you will not learn new skills.

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From Tim Cook to Anna Wintour, these 15 successful people wake up before 6 a.m.

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Anna Wintour.

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I hate to say it but, yes, you should dress for success

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Dressing professionally is about respecting your colleagues and job enough to make an effort.

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Want a happy and creative future? Spend more time longing for the past.

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Nostalgia doesn't hinder progress, it actually helps us move forward.

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Jessica McCabe jumped from job to job until she decided to embrace her ADHD diagnosis. Now she has a YouTube channel with millions of viewers.

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Jessica McCabe, who runs the YouTube channel "How to ADHD."

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Luck is a bigger part of success than you think — but it can only take you so far

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Luck plays a big role in success.

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The most important career question: 'What is success?'

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Henry Blodget is the cofounder and executive chair of Business Insider.

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What it really means to work smarter, not harder

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Henry Blodget is the cofounder and executive chair of Business Insider.

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MAKE IT HAPPEN! A field guide to the working world for Gen Z and beyond

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Business Insider cofounder Henry Blodget is writing a work-advice series informed by decades of successes and failures at work.

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Hello! I'm Henry Blodget.

Warren Buffett's advice for college students looking for a career: Don't focus on the money.

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Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hold court at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting every year in Omaha. Munger has died at age 99.

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