Entrepreneurs
The Truth About Work-Life Balance
Defining and understanding the kind of life you want to lead is the first step to making it happen.
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Thought Leaders
4 Tips for Workaholic Entrepreneurs to Avoid a Crumbling Marriage
Businesses come and go, but your spouse should stay with you forever. Get your priorities straight.
Building a Business
To Succeed as an Entrepreneur, Focus on the 5 Golden Priorities
Running a business is all about making decisions. Keep in mind what is most important and the better option will be easier to recognize.
By Larry Alton
Thought Leaders
The Greatest Skill Every Successful Founder-CEO Must Learn: Letting Go
Of the three priorities founders should focus on, the company's product isn't one of them.
Building a Business
Your Mantra in the Startup Chaos Needs to Be ‘First Things First’
Starting a business is an avalanche of things to do, which is why you need to focus on what is most important.
Thought Leaders
5 Myths — and One Really Big Truth — About Being an Entrepreneur
Think you're ready to own a business? Are you sure?
By Carol Roth
Entrepreneurs
Why Exercising Is a Higher Priority Than My Business
We only have so many hours in the day, and if it's between a trail run or a client meeting, I'll reschedule the meeting. Here's why.
By Josh Steimle
Building a Business
3 Strategies for Creating a To-Do List That Almost Does Itself
The difference between productivity and procrastination is largely the psychology we apply to ourselves.
Entrepreneurs
Are You Ready to Start Conquering Your Dangerous Addiction to Comfort?
Defeat procrastination right now, while reading this column.
By Jeff Shore
Building a Business
Use Action and Idea Lists to Prioritize Tasks and Get Things Done
Here is a simple system inspired by agile software development that can help you focus, execute and grow.
By Alex Iskold
Building a Business
4 Ways to Balance Urgency and Innovation in Your Startup
Balancing the long term and the short term requires finesse.
By Chuck Cohn
Building a Business
Beware of Pursuing ROE — Return on Ego
Until there is a currency tied to the size of your ego, doing activities that support your goals is a better business investment.
By Carol Roth
Entrepreneurs
Use This Half-Day Productivity Hack to Knock Out Your Priority Projects
What if you could replicate that experience of the day before a vacation, when you plow through tasks?
By Jeff Shore
Building a Business
5 Tips for Getting the Most Important Things Done Every Day
Don't confuse being busy with making progress, and don't mistake your to-do list for goals.
By Chris Ruisi
Entrepreneurs
Boost Productivity by Optimizing Your Work Environment
Try these techniques to develop a work flow customized to your rhythms.
Thought Leaders
5 Reassuring Tips for Better Balancing Entrepreneurship and Parenthood
Being a mom and dad while running a business can feel like an overwhelming and un-winnable challenge, until you consider these five things.
By Peter Gasca
Thought Leaders
4 Key Principles to Keep on Track and Sustain Focus
Coming up with the idea is the easy part. An entrepreneur needs to carry through on delivering the product or service.
By Meiko Patton
Business News
Why You Should Make Vacation Time a Priority This Year
Regularly taking time off to spend with friends and family vastly improves well-being across all income levels, according to a new Gallup survey.
By Laura Entis
Entrepreneurs
What Your Flaky Behavior Is Really Telling People
It's important to effectively manage your time and schedule, at least if you don't want to burn dozens of bridges.
Building a Business
The Most Important Hour of Your Life
Life today is fast and full of opportunity. The complication is we think we have to do everything. The trick is figuring out what's essential.
By Greg McKeown
Thought Leaders
How to Prioritize When Everything Is a Priority
Have you ever felt the stress of everything-is-important-so-everything-has-to-be-done-but-I-can't-do-it-all? Sure you have.
By Greg McKeown
Entrepreneurs
How to Concentrate When the World Intrudes
Test some of these mental-wrestling techniques and see if you can better wrap your mind around your tasks.
Building a Business
How a Startup Made It During Its First Two Years Without Relying on Investors
With a focus on the product and a few 'lucky' breaks, a mobile app developer dives into fundraising for the '99 percent.'
By Dan Novaes
Building a Business
The 3 Lists Every Entrepreneur Must Make
Lists help entrepreneurs stay focused and organized -- two habits imperative for a successful venture.
By Paula Rizzo
Building a Business
6 Strategies for Transforming Your Life and Business Now
New Year's resolutions have some value but every day is your opportunity to change your life.
By Peter Voogd
Building a Business
KISS Co-Founder: To Be a Success in Business, Think ‘Me’ First
Gene Simmons writes that 'you cannot fail' when you pursue a business that you are passionate about.
By Gene Simmons
Entrepreneurs
5 Nighttime Routines of Successful Entrepreneurs
Getting a head start on tomorrow starts before you go to bed.