Lessons

Business Lessons

5 Steps to Turning Experience (and Failure) Into Wisdom

Make better decisions by learning from your mistakes and successes.

				
To Survive Rapid Success, Remember to Slow DownMy sunglasses brand was blowing up. I tried to keep up, and moved too fast. It almost sunk us.

				Garrett Leight
			
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10 Top Executives at 10 Household-Name Companies Share the Things They Wish They Knew From the Start"If you get knocked down, keep pushing forward," says this one exec. "It's all about the process."

				Carly Martinetti
			
					|			15+ min read
			
6 Tips for Excelling in Life and Business No Matter What Challenges Life Throws at You, According to Fitness Entrepreneur Sam Bakhtiar'To be truly successful, you must make yourself a priority,' says the entrepreneur and champion bodybuilder.

				The Oracles
			
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8 Women Entrepreneurs on What They Wish They'd Done DifferentlyEverything is clearer in hindsight. Here's what these leading founders would change if they could go back in time.

				Entrepreneur Staff
			
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