Megan Sauer

Teaching your kids how to be self-sufficient, especially in a conflict, can help them gain confidence and increase their likelihood of success, experts say.

Powerful people are often seen as confident, gregarious and unapologetic — but the most humble people in a workplace can actually carry the most influence, says communication expert Matt Abrahams

Emily Odio-Sutton (left) started her print-on-demand Etsy shop in December 2022.

If billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban was a teenager again, and in need of cash, he'd start one specific side hustle in just three steps.

Megan Walsh jolted awake at 2 a.m. and anxiously paced around her bedroom in Manahawkin, New Jersey. It was March 2021, and she was completely overwhelmed.

Endoscopy nurse Megan Walsh turned to an Etsy side hustle to relieve stress during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, her wall decor shop brings in six figures a year.

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they've used to make money on top of their full-time jobs.

Part-time nurse Megan Walsh uses her Etsy side hustle — which currently brings in six figures per year — to help pay a variety of bills, large and small.

Mark Cuban knows what sets successful people apart from the crowd.

The day Lisa Collum started her side hustle in 2011, she went to OfficeMax and bought five binders with the last $99 in her checking account, she says.