- Amazon shared Andy Jassy’s top five career tips in a recent blog post.
- Jassy said people should be experimental and driven in how they approach their careers.
- Jassy said learning from mistakes and having a strong work ethic is important, too.
Build trust, find your passion, and try new stuff: These just might be some of the secrets to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s success.
In a blog post published on Friday, Amazon rounded up five of Jassy’s career tips for staffers who want to build successful careers. His tips largely boil down to being experimental, driven, and open to learning.
Jassy’s first piece of advice is to seek out work that builds on your passions, which will allow you to do work you find fulfilling.
“You spend a lot of your waking hours thinking about and at work, and you want to work on something that really is fulfilling to you and that you can be great at and makes you feel good about how you spend your days,” Jassy said.
Next, Jassy said it’s important to adopt an experimental approach to your career by trying out different fields.
“Before I got to Amazon, I had tried sportscasting and sports production, I coached a soccer team, I worked in a retail golf store, I did product management, I tried investment banking, I tried sales, I tried a lot of things,” Jassy said.
Jassy’s third tip is to not fear failure. Instead, he advises being self-aware and learning from mistakes.
“Every important lesson I’ve ever had as a professional, or in my life, frankly, have been mistakes that I’ve made or been a part of,” Jassy said.
Jassy’s fourth piece of advice for succeeding in the workplace is to have a strong work ethic and be a good team player. Position yourself as someone people can trust, he said.
Lastly, Jassy said one needs to be a “great learner” to excel.
“The truth is, if you work in an active, dynamic area, like all of us do, you should be learning all the time,” Jassy said.
Jassy’s tips in Amazon’s blog post align with the advice he’s given in the past.
Last year, Jassy told Ryan Roslansky, the CEO of LinkedIn, during a video interview that a person’s success often hinges on their attitude to work.
“Do you work hard? Are you more can do than nay saying? Do you do what you said you were going to do? Can you work on a team?” Jassy told Roslansky.
“You know, those things seem so simple, and there’s so many things you can’t control in your work life, but you can control your attitude,” he added.
Jassy joined Amazon in 1997 and became CEO in 2021 when founder Jeff Bezos stepped down. He was the CEO of Amazon Web Services from 2016 to 2021.
Jassy is executing a push to keep Amazon nimble by eliminating red tape.
In September, Jassy said in a memo to staff that he wants to operate Amazon “like the world’s largest startup” by empowering employees to act fast and independently.
On Tuesday, Jassy told employees during an all-hands meeting that he wanted them to “move fast and act like owners,” BI reported.
“One of the strengths of Amazon over the first 29 years is that we’ve hired really smart, motivated, inventive, ambitious people who have been great owners,” Jassy said.
“What would I do if this was my company? And by the way, it is your company. This is all of our company,” he continued.
Representatives for Jassy at Amazon did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
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