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Lifestyle
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How and what you read matters more than finishing 100 books in a year.
FUTURE TRENDS
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Open Office
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Open office plans are intended to encourage spontaneous collaboration but most evidence suggests they accomplish the exact opposite.
Entrepreneurs
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Personal Improvement
How to Beat Procrastination As You Grow Your Business
Productivity hacks are effective only when you know why you're avoiding something in the first place.
Success Strategies
Why Rest Is the Secret to Entrepreneurial Success
The surprising power of downtime: Here's why the most successful founders work the least.
Motivation
Motivation Is Not Really Required to Succeed
Progress comes from establishing smart systems and habits, then getting out of your own way.
Productivity
Waking Up at 5 a.m. Isn't Enough to Make You a Successful Entrepreneur
It's what you do with your hours -- and how you identify your 'prime time' -- that makes the difference.
experimentation
Keep Your Day Job but Everyone Needs a Side Project
An exciting, intriguing experiment brewing behind the scenes just might evolve into your life's work.
Bootstrapping
Why Bootstrap? Because You Can't Succeed Unless You Persevere
Instead of following your passion, follow a plan for bringing a solution to market without going broke before your first sale.
Competition
People Thought Google and Adobe Would Crush My Startup. Actually, They Gave Us Our Biggest Breaks.
Small companies in niche markets can use their specialization and nimbleness as powerful competitive advantages.
Small Business Heroes
How I Turned Engineers Into Bloggers With 50,000 Views
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Leadership
3 Leadership Qualities You Need When Facing a Big Challenge
Once you decide on a path and have a relentless determination to follow it, something magical happens; people rally around you.
Entrepreneur Mindset
Why Being Clueless Can Be a Great Thing
How hiring our first salesperson led me to recognize that cluelessness is at the heart of entrepreneurship.