Jason Buechel has many different types of coworkers, but one is unquestionably his least favorite. Whole Foods CEO Buechel tells CNBC Make It that the person in question is "someone who thinks they know the answer to absolutely everything." Whole Foods is owned by Amazon. Someone who believes that since this has always happened in the past, everything must be precisely as it is. This how things will always turn out.
Take the dynamics of a team, for instance. Teams at work constantly change as a result of promotions, exits, and new hiring. Supervisors who are flexible can regularly adapt to new hires, and staff members who are flexible can actively seek out new opportunities to contribute. Or consider providing constructive criticism. If you don't aggressively implement the criticism that your supervisor has given you on your job, you risk coming across as unaccommodating and unwilling to take criticism. A useful quality in many workplaces is flexibility: For example, Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon, asserts that people can only achieve success if they give up their sense of superiority. Last month, Jassy said on LinkedIn's "The Path" podcast, "The second you think you know it all is the second [you start] to unwind.”
Jassy said to embrace new learning opportunities and to never stop being curious. This can make you happier, help you maintain interest in your work and hobbies, and improve your ability to handle the unavoidable ups and downs in your career. The most successful people are "incredibly ravenous learners," according to Jassy, who also stated that "there are some people who get to a certain point and it almost feels threatening to them to learn.”
The ability to learn is the primary distinction between the individuals I began working with early in my career and what they're doing today, according to Jassy. You can discover a vast array of novel insights, prospects, and connections "if you let yourself.”
