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So I quit to start the auto shop I'd always wanted to run.

Tap into your life experiences to uncover the strengths that empower your leadership style.

Below are three everyday excuses you may hear in your own organisation that may make your hairs stand on end, and set alarm-bells ringing. Included are some tips on how you can make excuses a thing of the past, while creating real innovation for the future.

Unless you also work hard, those ideas won't become reality.

Love, Lexxi founder Meg Smith wanted to create what was missing: an undergarment brand that valued style, comfort and body confidence.

Entrepreneur and community leader Miles Davis discusses his new book, 'A Basketball Story.'

It was only an entry ticket to the great game.

From fostering "community praise" to creating "mind movies," your answers suggest that inspiration is something to seek with intention.

Inspirational sayings don't have to be, well, "inspired." Knowing what will resonate with others is an art and a science.

Sometimes things don't go as expected and there are circumstances that alter our destiny. The story of this tennis player teaches us one thing: if you have a dream, follow it!

It's an innovative tool for designers and DIYers alike.

Even as I've founded and sold multiple businesses, it reminds me not to take things too seriously.

The story of Reinhold Messner, the living legend of mountaineering, inspires us to keep going, to never give up.

With fights for equal pay and increased job opportunities still necessary in today's world, it's inspiring to look back on those in history who've sparked change.

She won the affection of the entire nation while looking for survivors after the earthquake of September 19.

I always took the fortune to mean that I'd be a published author. I see it differently now.

Do you have a place where you keep positive feedback? Mine keeps me going when I want to give up.

Aaron Golub has set his entrepreneurial sights on inspiring others.

Success isn't just for the lucky. It's for anyone with drive and the spirit to learn. Get the kick-in-the-pants inspiration you've been missing with these seven great new reads.

Sometimes keeping other people's weird accomplishments in sight helps to keep our own aspirations in perspective.

Kiran Yocom started franchise Seniors Helping Seniors because she felt there was no one better equipped to do the job.