Business Operations & Logistics
7 Sales Skills Learned Stalking and Photographing Wildlife
To get pictures of majestic wild animals requires going where they are and thinking the way they think.
By Scot Ferraro
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Business News
Maria Sharapova on What It Takes to Be a World Champion
She is an unstoppable champion and ready for her comeback.
By Lewis Howes
Thought Leaders
8 Ways to Elevate Your Game to the Next Level
Your entrepreneurial journey won't be such a grind if you learn to take joy in your growth along the way.
Entrepreneurs
Never Quit: Strategies on Perseverance From 5 Seasoned Entrepreneurs
Always be relentless.
Thought Leaders
Life Lessons From 6 Unsung Leaders Who Rose to the Occasion
In our celebrity-fixated culture we too often overlook ordinary people who tackle immense challenges without applause.
By Dipti Parmar
Thought Leaders
Notre Dame Football Legend Rudy Ruettiger Conquers Odds and Hearts
Ruettiger shares how having a dream, what he calls 'the edge,' sheer determination and asking 'why not?' in the face of his critics got him where he is today.
Thought Leaders
The Most Valuable Trait of Highly Successful CEOs
Smarts are key, but don't let studies and stereotypes keep you from reaching for the stars.
By Steve Tobak
Entrepreneurs
To Be a Successful Entrepreneur, This Trait Is Key
Grit is often overlooked in entrepreneurship.
By Rose Leadem
Thought Leaders
Grit Helped This Entrepreneur Hustle Harder — Even After a Rejection By Trump
'Grit is every entrepreneur's trump card,' says Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner.
Building a Business
How to Keep Fighting and Pressing Forward When the Going Gets Tough
Remember, we all fail at one time or another. That's life.
Thought Leaders
How Patience, Grit and Beer Helped This Entrepreneur Finally Find Success
Thinking he would be able to find success in a few short years, this founder learned the hard way that entrepreneurs must be in it for the long haul.
By Joe Keohane
Thought Leaders
One Day, You’ll Be 50 or 60 or 70, and You’ll Either Have Achieved Your Dreams — or Not
I graduated from medical school at 39, opened a business at 50 and wrote a book at 63. It's never too late to reinvent yourself.
Thought Leaders
10 Ways to Grind-It-Out When Uncertainty Puts You Under the Pressure
To get through the day we assume we know what will happen next. To get through life, we must learn to deal with the fact that we don't.
Thought Leaders
How Jack Ma Overcame His 7 Biggest Failures
Ma, one of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, seems proudest that he was happy with little and able to overcame much.
Thought Leaders
17 Inspirational Quotes From Master Chef Julia Child
The chef, author and television personality would have been 104 years old today.
Thought Leaders
The 7 Biggest Lies We Believe About Success
Forget what you think you know about success and begin the hard work of learning the truth about it.
Thought Leaders
Stop These 8 Negative Mindsets That Make Entrepreneurs Miserable
Taking joy in the journey is an inside job. To find what gives you an edge, take time to re-evaluate, fine-tune and reset.
Building a Business
8 Behavioral Traits You Can Take to the Bank
The steadiness of a person's character is what determines if they succeed in the inherently unpredictable process we call 'life.'
By Steve Tobak
Thought Leaders
How to Stay Focused When You Feel Like Giving Up
Sometimes it's the hardest thing in the world but it's always easier than you think. Head off defeat at the pass.
By Gerard Adams
Thought Leaders
3 Things That Will Always Rob You of Reaching Your Full Potential
If you limit your vision, associate with toxic people and give up the fight, you'll never achieve your dreams.
Thought Leaders
This Combat Veteran Combined Woodworking Skills and Perseverance to Create a Patriotic Art Company
Brian Steorts is the owner of a veteran-run business called Flags of Valor. Here, he shares how working with "America's best" is an entrepreneurial privilege.
By Carol Roth
Business Ideas
This English Man Ran for 24 Hours in a Giant Hamster Wheel. How Did You Spend Your Weekend?
It was all for a good cause.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Want to Become an Overnight Success? You’ve Got Years of Work Ahead of You.
When it comes to business, what's often left out of the story -- with a handful of exceptions -- is that the overnight success was decades in the making.
By Carol Roth
Building a Business
Habits Won’t Make You Successful
Daily habits won't help you succeed at anything, except maybe becoming a robot.
By Steve Tobak
Building a Business
I Wanted to Visit San Francisco on Someone Else’s Dime. I Ended Up With the Perfect Job.
Here's what I learned from interviewing for a job I didn't really want -- but I got the gig, and it launched my career.
By Carol Roth
Thought Leaders
Good Times, Bad Times, You Know I’ve Had My Share. Learn From Your Highs and Lows.
Things just aren't always in perfect synch all of the time, which is why you have to enjoy the good moments when you can.
By Jim Joseph
Business News
Stay on the Bus: The Proven Path to Doing Unique Work
Revision makes the difference.
By James Clear