--- title: This Is the Best Career Advice According to Successful Women description: "Work harder than everybody else" canonical: https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-03T05:10:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:01:46.952Z og:title: This Is the Best Career Advice, According to Successful Women og:description: "Work harder than everybody else" og:url: https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7866618fe8c1cec/69887be0cf40a8e52cc41c84/carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the Best Career Advice, According to Successful Women twitter:description: "Work harder than everybody else" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7866618fe8c1cec/69887be0cf40a8e52cc41c84/carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Best Career Advice, According to Successful Women by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 3, 2016 5:10 AM UTC  by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 3, 2016 5:10 AM UTC Ever wonder how the leaders at top companies like Facebook, Johnson & Johnson and Spanx got where they are today? They received great advice along the way—and applied that knowledge to their daily lives. From keeping yourself in check (“Be patient—don’t be so restless”) to making sure your employees are happy (“Make it a great place to work”), find out what you should know about the path to success. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/"},"headline":"This Is the Best Career Advice, According to Successful Women","datePublished":"2016-02-03T05:10:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:01:46.952Z","description":"'Work harder than everybody else'","url":"https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/","keywords":["motto","Workplace","advice","career"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7866618fe8c1cec/69887be0cf40a8e52cc41c84/carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7866618fe8c1cec/69887be0cf40a8e52cc41c84/carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto","caption":"carolyn-everson-successful-women-motto","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4204942/successful-women-best-advice/","name":"This Is the Best Career Advice, According to Successful Women"}}]}] ```