Building a Business
Why Did This German Olympian Help Jesse Owens While Hitler Watched?
When you care about your craft, you respect your peers.
By Gene Marks
Life Lessons | Page 2
Thought Leaders
What These 5 Billionaires Would Tell Their Younger Selves
Success is when you're certain you know what you would have done differently.
By Deep Patel
Entrepreneurs
Looking at Very Old Photos Has Changed My Perspective on Business and Life in General
Shorpy.com is entirely photos of people in ordinary life long ago dealing with the same sort of stuff we deal with now.
By Gene Marks
Thought Leaders
How Chess Prepared Me to Be a CEO
People, strategy and adaptation are crucial to winning in both chess and business.
By Bill Peña
Entrepreneurs
Why Middle-Aged-Men Are Such Lousy Sales Prospects
I know that I'm going to be in for a tough time as soon as I realize the a potential customer is a middle-aged guy.
By Gene Marks
Thought Leaders
How Amy Novakovich Is Making the Financial Industry More Transparent
One woman's journey to making a difference every day--from selling ice cream to raising four kids.
Building a Business
These Blunders Cost Me an Entire Year of My Life
Time passes whether you're spinning your wheels or moving forward.
By Dan Dowling
Building a Business
6 Life Lessons the World’s Most Successful Business People Have Learned That You Still Don’t Get
If you want to make it you need to start by changing your mindset.
Thought Leaders
4 Lessons This Entrepreneur Wishes She Could Have Taught Her Younger Self
Looking back sharpens your vision going forward.
By Amy Vetter
Building a Business
From Homeless to Hired, This Entrepreneur Always Makes Sure to Pay It Forward
Siloh Moses speaks about his time living on the streets and struggling to convince employers of his worth.
Thought Leaders
What Brain Surgery Taught Me About Life
Being confronted by death is a lesson in how uncertain life is and what matters most.
Thought Leaders
5 Entrepreneurial Truths You Must Experience to Understand
There's no substitute for real-world learning. Here are a few lessons to watch for along your path to success.
Thought Leaders
5 Life Lessons Essential for Business Success
Step outside of your comfort zone, and never forget where you came from.
By Mike Kappel
Thought Leaders
11 Quotes on Life and Love From Former First Lady Barbara Bush
The wife of the 41st president and mother of the 43rd president died on Tuesday.
By Hayden Field
Entrepreneurs
Think a New Job Will Solve Your Problems? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Start Looking Just Yet.
Instead of leaping into a job search, take a long look at your life to make certain that is the change you need to make.
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Requires Living With a Sense of Urgency
People who only think about the long term risk running out of time.
By Steve Eakin
Entrepreneurs
This New Year’s: Change The Conversation, Change Your Life
Fixing the unwelcome circumstances plaguing you is first and foremost an inside job.
Thought Leaders
Design the Life of Your Dreams Using These Simple Tips
An Entrepreneur contributor outlines how to design your life the way an artist would.
By Stephen Key
Entrepreneurs
3 Ways to Make Yourself Stronger at the Broken Places
Resilience doesn't help you avoid life's hardships; it's a technique to profit from them.
By Anne Grady
Thought Leaders
Some Fundamental Truths This Entrepreneur Learned Mentoring Prison Inmates
There is no limit to what a person can overcome with enough effort, but what you're born into has a lot to do with how much that will be.
By Kyle Slager
Building a Business
The Best 10 Life Lessons I Learned by Running My Own Business
Starting a business is almost worth it just for what it teaches you about life, and yourself.
Entrepreneurs
5 Productivity Lessons Painfully Learned From Running Marathons
Past success is often an indicator of future complacency.
Entrepreneurs
Here’s the Work Help Gen Z Really Needs From Its Parents
"Back in my day ..." workplace advice doesn't cut it any more. If it ever did.
Thought Leaders
3 Lessons I’ve Learned After Being Fired 3 Times
Little else stokes the entrepreneurial fire hotter than being laid off by an incompetent boss who gets a bonus for reducing costs.
Thought Leaders
4 Business Lessons Gleaned From a Couple Dozen Youthful Street Fights
Always compromise as much as dignity allows but if people are unreasonable, hit where it hurts.
Business Accounting
What Superheroes Can Teach Us About Investment Strategy
Look past the bodysuits and capes: Heroes hold the key to practical business knowledge whether your market is in Gotham or somewhere a bit closer to home.
Building a Business
How to Prevent Failing From Staining Your Entrepreneurial Career
Stop crying, learn the lesson, move forward.