Entrepreneurs
50 Quotes With the Power to Motivate You to Do Anything
Wherever you are on your entrepreneurial journey, someone who has passed through there has wisdom to offer.
By John Rampton
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Building a Business
5 Blasts of Rockin’ Business Wisdom From Twisted Sister
When you're in the audience, rock 'n roll is all glamorous fun. When you're in the rock 'n roll business, not so much.
By Rafe Gomez
Thought Leaders
5 Ways to Stay Positive and Focused on Success
Doing everything you can to succeed includes doing what you can to help others succeed.
Thought Leaders
The Least Important Entrepreneurship Ingredient
The "bolt of lightning" idea is overvalued and overhyped when it comes to entrepreneurship.
By Amy Rosen
Entrepreneurs
4 Ways To Push Through Adversity and Failure Without Ego
There is no escaping loss and hardship, but whether it makes us or breaks us is a choice we can make. There are no victims, only volunteers.
By Ryan Holiday
Thought Leaders
Only Vision Will Get You Through This Thing Called Life
The day-to-day grind can get overwhelming, but if you keep your eye on the prize -- you'll probably get it.
By Jim Joseph
Building a Business
Don’t Read This! (It’s Only the Most Valuable Psychology Hack You Can Learn.)
Changing self-defeating thought patterns is easier than most people think.
Entrepreneurs
4 Ways to Keep the Fire In the Gut Burning Fiercely
Passion is the key to sustaining individual and organizational competitive advantage.
By Jeff Boss
Thought Leaders
3 “F”ing Facts About Failure
The only two reasons why people try and fail is, one, they are people and, two, they tried. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Building a Business
This Eyewear Startup Was Turned Away by 10 Factories. Two Years Later, Its Frames Will Be in 500 Stores.
Frameri is a Cincinnati-based eyewear company that wants consumers to never throw out their frames.
Building a Business
Pop Music, American Authors and Small Wins
Tiny victories may be fleeting, but they leave a residue of success that can change the way you approach everything after.
By Eric M. Ruiz
Thought Leaders
Mark Cuban: Business Is the Ultimate Sport
Even professional athletes take time off and know they will retire.
Building a Business
That Abrupt Growth Spurt You’re Experiencing Is Entrepreneurial Puberty
The single most significant reason a business succeeds is that an entrepreneur worked at long enough.
Entrepreneurs
Purpose Is Created Through Hard Work
Persistence can change your circumstances, but it also changes you.
Thought Leaders
6 Characteristics of Resourceful People That Bring Them Success
Resourcefulness is the ability to recognize opportunity, even when it is camouflaged by a thicket of challenges.
Thought Leaders
The 10 Traits That Define Entrepreneurial Success
All entrepreneurs have some of the elements of success but those who achieve the most work to cultivate all 10.
Thought Leaders
The 10 Traits You Must Cultivate to Achieve Highly Ambitious Goals
First comes the desire for success, then comes the hard work of molding yourself into the person who has what is required to succeed.
Building a Business
The 10 Life-Changing Gifts of the Entrepreneurial Struggle
Personal growth is the reward for doing the work required to build something of value.
Thought Leaders
How Long Should You Push Before Giving Up?
A successful entrepreneur reflects on how naivety kept him going forward although things were really rough.
By Stephen Key
Building a Business
4 Ways to Overcome Your Unreasonable Fears
Your fear of running across a busy highway is good. If you're afraid to seize an opportunity, that's a problem.
By Marty Fukuda
Business Ideas
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.
Building 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.
Entrepreneurs
Why ‘Grit’ May Be Everything for Success
Lack of grit -- call it persistence -- is the entrepreneurship killer.
By Amy Rosen
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.
Entrepreneurs
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.