Thought Leaders
To Improve a Situation Immediately Stop Exaggerating How Bad It Is
Sometimes the best option still sucks. Telling yourself you're the victim of circumstances makes it worse.
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Business News
How the Power of Optimism Helped Build a World-Renowned Brand
The co-founder of 'Life is Good' shares how the right attitude helped him find success.
By Lewis Howes
Business News
How to Be Happy When Everything Goes Wrong
Learning about the impact bias can help us realize that there is plenty of room for happiness in a life that may seem very foreign or undesirable.
By James Clear
Thought Leaders
7 Tips for Loving Your Career and Working With Passion
Here is some great advice from leading female entrepreneurs and executives on how to live your best life.
Business Accounting
6 Ways to Make Financial Forecasts More Realistic
When starting your business unbounded optimism is essential but keep it in check when making forecasts.
Thought Leaders
What Trying to Choke Grown Men Has Taught Me About Business and Life
Size and strength are good to have but can't overcome an opponent with a stronger will.
Thought Leaders
The 5 Benefits of Being Optimistic
When running a business, as we all know, there will be difficult days, hard times and stressful periods.
By Zach Cutler
Thought Leaders
3 Ways to Harness the Inner Child in Every Entrepreneur
The adult perspective will take you only so far when you're doing something as improbable as building a business from your dream.
By Phil Tee
Business News
One Simple Exercise That Can Help You Think Through Any Big Decision
With a little mental finesse, anxiety can be an ally -- even when it comes to decision making.
By Drake Baer
Entrepreneurs
5 Negative Ways of Thinking You Need to Stop Today
Lighten up the inner dialogue and you'll feel better, plus have a more realistic perspective on your life.
Business News
Why More Millennials are Bullish on Entrepreneurship
Optimism is back in a big way among U.S. entrepreneurs, especially the millennial set.
By Kate Rogers
Thought Leaders
Billionaire Wisdom: 8 Insights From a Quartet of the World’s Most Effective Entrepreneurs
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Larry Page have harnessed technology to build companies of enormous influence and scale, says the co-author of the new book 'Bold.'
Thought Leaders
Truly Inspirational Leaders Can Dodge Raindrops
Trying to motivate your employees to embrace the seemingly impossible ahead? It all starts with you, says one CEO.
By Joel Basgall
Brick & Mortar
Business Lessons From a Refugee Turned Youngest African-American IHOP Franchisee
At 27, Adenah Bayoh purchased a franchise. Today, her portfolio also includes $200 million in urban redevelopment projects. Here are some of her insights.
By Carol Roth
Business News
5 Ways to Show Gratitude Every Single Day
This time of year everyone is expressing gratitude but this sort of mentality needs to occur all year long.
By Laura Stack
Thought Leaders
4 Tricks to Remaining Upbeat When Times Are Tough
Entrepreneurship can put us on an emotional rollercoaster, zooming from self-congratulation to self-doubt in minutes. Here is how to achieve a positive inner attitude.
By Dorie Clark
Business News
U.S. Small-Business Confidence Declined in September, NFIB Says
More owners said they expected a slowdown in profits and sales, tightening credit conditions and a harder time filling job openings.
By Reuters
Thought Leaders
Small Business Owners’ Definition of Success Fuels Their Optimism
'There's no better place to be an entrepreneur than in the U.S.,' says the CEO of The Hartford, which recently released a survey of small businesses.
By Gene Marks
Building a Business
Successful Entrepreneurs Thrive in Failure, So Embrace It When It’s Inevitable
A business ending shouldn't be seen as the end of the line. With each defeat, comes important lessons to get it right next time.
Entrepreneurs
5 Quotes to Inspire the Optimistic Entrepreneur in You
A positive attitude can take you far in your career, like these five successes prove with their perspective of possibility.
By Adam Toren
Thought Leaders
Hungry Entrepreneurs Need True Grit to Get Their Next Meal
Three essential qualities are the hallmarks of business owners who prevail.
By Debra Kaye
Building a Business
Small Businesses Extend Hiring at Best Post-Recession Clip
There's still a lot of worry about adding new employees, but the pace of hiring is at an eight-year high.
Thought Leaders
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran: 4 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Do
The 'Shark Tank' investor and real estate mogul discusses the necessity of extreme optimism and why logic can be dangerous
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Meet the 25-Year-Old Wedding Photographer Who Became CEO of Lonely Planet
Daniel Houghton, a former wedding photographer with no prior executive experience, has been trying to turn around global travel guide company Lonely Planet.
By Geoff Weiss
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs: Your Irrational Optimism Is Necessary
A look at how an aggressively optimistic outlook can lead to great things.
By Laura Entis
Entrepreneurs
Young Women Are Earning Almost as Much as Men for First Time Ever
Women between the ages of 25 and 34 are earning 93 percent of what men earn, according to a new survey.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Small-Business Confidence Levels Rise, But Not Fast Enough
Small-business owners are marginally more confident than they have been, but their optimism remains below historic norms, a new report finds.