Business Operations & Logistics
Founders Build, Managers Maintain — Which One Are You Becoming?
Here's how you can move past "manager mode" and embrace the founder's mindset without burning out.
Strength
Buying a Franchise
Their Dad Passed Away Just After Buying a Batteries Plus Franchise. They Opened the Location In His Honor.
For the Lewis family, learning to run a business together brought them closer in a time of grieving.
Building a Business
Why Demonstrating Courage Changes Everything
Do you sidestep fear or lean into it? Below, an investigation of what courage really is, plus three best practices.
By Randy Garn
Thought Leaders
3 Entrepreneurship Lessons From Bruce Lee
Martial arts and building a business have more in common than you may think.
Buying a Franchise
15 Ways Franchises Became Stronger in 2020
No matter what service or product they provide, franchisees and franchisors were rocked by 2020. But many made adjustments that improved their businesses, not just for now but for long into the future. Here's what 15 of them learned.
Thought Leaders
How 8 Founders Are Preparing for Continued Economic Uncertainty
From embracing unexpected changes to leaning on their teams, here's how these entrepreneurs are playing defense.
Thought Leaders
Refocus Your Business By Highlighting Your Strengths
This class tells you how to increase revenue through your unique gifts and skills.
Thought Leaders
Ban.do Founder Jen Gotch Opened Up About Her Mental Health and Inspired a Valuable Change at Her Brand
'We've got more to offer than just cute cups,' she says about being focused on products that promote personal betterment.
Business News
Why You Should Focus on Your Strengths as a Business Owner
People always say to focus on your weaknesses, but as a business owner, focus on what you're good at instead.
By Due
Thought Leaders
How an Interior Designer Draws Strength From Her Grandfather’s Former Church
When times get tough, this entrepreneur turns to the past for help.
Business News
How to Find Your Flow and Achieve Greatness
Here's how you can achieve the unthinkable.
By Lewis Howes
Thought Leaders
This Truth About Willpower Can Help Make You Mentally Stronger
Believing you have everything you need is the first step to accomplishing your goals.
By Nina Zipkin
Business News
How Dreamers Achieve Great Things
Why are so many people afraid to fail?
By Lewis Howes
Building a Business
11 Habits of Mentally Strong People
Mental strength is a choice and a discipline, not an innate quality bestowed upon the lucky.
Human Resources
5 Steps to Building on the Strengths of Your Sales Team
Reward your prospectors and make sure individuals play for the team.
By Sona Jepsen
Entrepreneurs
10 Quotes on Persistence to Help You Keep Going
The ability to keep making progress may just be the greatest skill an entrepreneur can learn.
By Adam Toren
Thought Leaders
8 Sources of Strength Powerful Enough to Overcome the Fears Holding You Back
To avoid failure, acknowledge and compensate for your weaknesses. To achieve great success, discover and build on your strengths.
Entrepreneurs
Facing All-Encompassing Doubt, Roger Bannister Still Broke the 4-Minute Mile. You Too Must Believe in Your Strengths.
Try to be more like the legendary athlete, who believed in his ability more than anyone around him.
Thought Leaders
4 Success Habits You Can Learn From Jeff Bezos, the World’s Fourth Richest Person
Check out these habits that helped the CEO and founder of Amazon drive his company to the top.
By Carolyn Sun
Thought Leaders
Tap Your Hidden Strengths to Unleash Your Leadership Skills
Everybody knows what comes easily to them and what they can never figure out but most opportunities fall in between.
Entrepreneurs
Like Running a Business, Getting in Shape Takes Lots of Small Steps to Succeed
Look out for these five factors everyone should use for their personal fitness goals.
Thought Leaders
The Hard Truth of Entrepreneurship: You Will Suffer
Achieving the results you're striving for will take pushing yourself. It will be painful, but it will be worth it in the end.
Business News
4 Critical Traits of Great Leaders
Whether you're already a business owner or aspire to be, keep these points in mind when trying to lead a team an inspire greatness in others.
By Ken Sundheim
Thought Leaders
Half-Witted or Heroic? Man Fights Off Shark, Sutures His Own Wounds, Then Throws Back a Beer
If you thought building a business required resilience, consider the tale of a 24-year-old New Zealand doctor who fought off a shark attack, sutured his own wounds and then threw back a beer.
By Geoff Weiss