Overcoming Obstacles

Starting a Business

They Grew Up in a Financially-Challenged Single-Parent Home and Now These Twins Run a Multimillion-Dollar Real Estate Business. Here's How They Turned Hardship Into Inspiration.

How Jeremy and Joshua Mathis overcame adversity and turned their challenging upbringing into a foundation for real estate success.

Leadership

With Iconic Clients Like Magic Johnson and Hulk Hogan, This Super Agent's Career Exceeded His Wildest Dreams. But Behind All of the Success He Was Caught in a Personal Nightmare.

On this episode of "The Jeff Fenster Show," Darren Prince shares his remarkable recovery journey, reminding us all of the importance of inner growth, resilience, and making a positive impact on others.

Starting a Business

These Four Words Can Change The Way You Approach Every Impossible Task

When a door closes, this is the question that opens a window.

Business Plans

How to Determine the Barriers to Entry for Your Business

Identifying the obstacles in your way shows that you thoroughly understand the competitive landscape.

Thought Leaders

Before She Started Slutty Vegan, A Disaster Taught Her the Difference Between Making the 'Best' Choice and the 'Right' One

When things go wrong (and they will), Cole says it's all too easy to ask, "Why is this happening to me?"

Thought Leaders

Want to Get the Credit You Deserve for Your Work? Do This, Says Bozoma Saint John — Who Ran Marketing for Netflix, Apple and Uber

You probably can't name many chief marketing officers, even if they worked for high profile companies. Bozoma Saint John says that making herself "well-known" was an intentional strategy, and it's one that you shouldn't be shy to try.

Thought Leaders

9 Easy Hacks to Overcome the Everyday Challenges of Being an Entrepreneur

Use these nine simple hacks to overcome some of the daily challenges that come with being an entrepreneur.

Franchise

She Protected the President's Life Before She Opened a Fitness Center. Here's How She Deals With Imposter Syndrome.

She Coleman owns a location of The Camp Transformation Center, and her journey through multiple male-dominated industries has taught her a lot about strength.

Growing a Business

Have You Ever Obsessed Over 'What If?' According to Scientists, You Don't Actually Know What Would Have Fixed Everything.

Counterfactual thinking is a natural impulse, but we're better off when we learn to counter it.

Growing a Business

These Are the Thinking Habits Most Likely to Destroy Your Life, According to a Therapist

Dr. Jennifer Guttman teaches us how to identify negative thought patters, and offers practical exercises to help us redirect our fears.

Operations & Logistics

Here's Why a Crisis May Actually Be the Best Thing That Can Happen to You

There's something empowering about a lack of choices.

Growing a Business

I Built a Public Persona Around Positive Thinking, Until the Most Devastating Year of My Life Made Me Rethink Everything. Here's What I Realized.

When we're grieving, it's not always possible to find silver linings, or be "positive" in the traditional sense. But if we are willing to be present, "microjoys" can bring us back to ourselves.

Growing a Business

Kidnappers Held a Gun to His Head and Pulled the Trigger. The Terror of That Moment Fueled His Billion Dollar Startup.

Two decades ago, Omair Tariq survived a nightmare that left him with deep trauma. But the ordeal also gave him a ravenous drive to succeed.And he funneled that ambition into founding a billion-dollar business.

Living

How Setbacks Can Be the Key to Taking Big Steps Forward

In life, we all get knocked down. Most of us repeatedly. But how we use those moments as motivation can dictate the level of success we find.

Growing a Business

When I Lost My Hair to Alopecia, I Started Selling Wigs. In 'All My Bald Glory,' I've Helped Over 2,000 Women.

Sometimes, a painful diagnosis leads to a career calling you never imagined.