Persistence: Page 7

Innovation

7 Ways to Ignite Innovation and Surpass Your Competition

The ferocity of business competition demands innovation and risk taking, both of which require a state of mind that can be cultivated.

Growing a Business

Are You Quitting Too Soon or Staying With It Too Long?

Entrepreneurs are advised to embrace failure but never give up. Recognizing which to do when is tough in real life.

Thought Leaders

Why 'Grit' May Be Everything for Success

Lack of grit -- call it persistence -- is the entrepreneurship killer.

Thought Leaders

Be Ready to Pounce When You Finally Hear 'Yes' for the First Time

The people who succeed as entrepreneurs are the ones who could not be worn down no matter how many times they heard "no.''

Thought Leaders

Forget the Next Level and Just Focus on Doing the Next Thing

That mythical place every entrepreneur wants to take their business is just where you go when you work at it every day.

Thought Leaders

3 Ways to Motivate Yourself When You Just Want to Quit

Just because something has got to give doesn't mean you're doing everything wrong.

Living

Cut Through Barriers to Success With a Laser Focus on Your Goals

Distractions are detours on what is already a long road to where you want to be.

Thought Leaders

The 5 Mental Barriers to Greatness Only You Can Remove

Success is not destiny, it is achieved by how we live each day.

Living

15 Traits of Emotionally Wealthy People

Happiness and serenity result from conscious living, not just the luck of our circumstances.

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.

Making a Change

13 Inspiring Quotes on Overcoming Roadblocks

Success is the right combination of planning and improvisation.

Leadership

The 4 Qualities of the Successful Elite

The most accomplished people, in any field, share certain characteristics that each of us can cultivate for our own journey.

Living

The 10 Qualities of Exceptional People

To be at ease with yourself is the greatest success.

Starting a Business

Battle-Tested Startup Advice From 6 Awesome Entrepreneurs

The six finalists in the running for National Small Business Person of the Year share what they wish they'd known as they were getting started.

Making a Change

You Lost the Big Fight, Now What Do You Do?

Leaders are lauded for their triumphs but defined by how they emerge from setbacks and learn from failure.