You know you want to pull in six figures. But how? Glassdoor.com, a career and salary review website, has compiled a list of jobs that pay $100,000 or more, double or more of what the average American makes. (For men, it’s $50,383, for women, $39,621.

Shutterstock When people like the way they feel when they are around you, they instinctively like and respect you more. Here are seven specific, proven ways to make that happen. 1. When The Spotlight’s On You, Shine It On Others NBA athlete Kevin Durant, when accepting the NBA award as league MVP, embodied the essence of that recognition. “I had so much help, so many people believe in me when I didn’t believe in myself,” he said.

Shutterstock If you aren’t learning, you’re dead. Period. We learn something new everyday for survival—personal and professional—but we don’t always apply what we learned. I remember consulting for one tech company who suffered a tremendous setback in their Asia-based manufacturing plant. The site was destroyed by a tsunami, which, inevitably, caused them to have to rebuild the entire plant. The only problem was, they never captured their lessons learned.

Over the past decade, there has been a rise and decline of several once dominant hardware companies such as Blackberry and its predecessors. As much as analysts try to look for different reasons, the theme has remained somewhat the same. From decelerating growth to falling ASPs to narrowing gross margins, Apple has faced all these symptoms over the past year or so.

Saying no too often can be hazardous to your career.

Shutterstock The more responsibility we have, the more people need our time. As we progress in our careers we’re often in more meetings, on more calls, need to have more one-to-ones, and we have more areas across the business we need to stay on top of and drive… there just seems to be more. But the time we have doesn’t change. So how do the best leaders make it all work? Here are five practical ways to manage your diary like a successful leader: 1.

Shutterstock When you start a job, you usually get the scoop on how and when your performance and your salary will be evaluated. Even though the protocol is changing in a lot of organizations, plenty of companies still subscribe to the annual review and merit increase methodology. And for a lot of people, those 12 months can seem interminable, particularly when you’re working your butt off.

CEO Whitney Wolfe founded Bumble in the fall of 2014 after a public split from the first dating app she helped found: Tinder. (Photo credit: Jordan Done) Swiping is no longer just for dating. Sadie Hawkins-style dating app Bumble has announced it will roll out BumbleBizz this fall, just as students and young professionals are heading into the new year. The feature will enable users to swipe and match with potential connections and mentors for on-demand networking.

From former CIA director General David Petraeus to distinguished Harvard professors or to Hollywood directors, 17-year-old Deep Patel, has managed to connect with some of the world’s most influential people. Internationally well know people, like Mark Cuban, Arianna Huffington, Charlie Sheen and Ashton Kutcher, have crossed paths with this young influencer. Deep Patel recently released his first book, A Paperboy’s Fable.

Dwayne Johnson went from a professional wrestler to the world’s highest-paid actor (Michael Prince/The Forbes Collection) Five years after his debut as a professional wrestler, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson punched his way onto the silver screen with a small role in 2001’s The Mummy Returns.