Motivational

I’ve been looking forward to this episode almost as much as I was looking forward to seeing the actual movie last year. This is it—the big Dune discussion. This is a great story for everybody. It takes itself seriously, but it takes the audience seriously, too. And it was certainly one of the best movies […]

Common wisdom often tells you to pursue your passion, and the money will follow. While it’s nice to think that the things that make us happy would also provide a steady paycheck, part of becoming an adult is realizing that your true passions may not align with your career. If you only focus on following

You started your business because of a burning desire to strike out on your own. You are confident that your knowledge and experience will help your target market. You’re passionate and know you can make a difference. You face one important challenge, though: acquiring the customers you need to grow your business. And one thing

Lead With We: The Business Revolution That Will Save Our Future By Simon Mainwaring Simon Mainwaring is the founder and CEO of We First, a branding agency that helps businesses define their purpose and share it with the world. We First has worked with myriad big companies, from Sony and TOMS Shoes to the XPRIZE

Anyone can get lucky and win the lottery. Anyone can pick a winning stock from time to time. But if you want to achieve lasting financial success, you need more than just the occasional lucky break. What I’ve found over almost four decades of studying success is that the most successful people in any field

Tom Hopkins is having another unbelievable day. Just ask him. “I tell people in sales that you can be having the worst day of your life, but no one has to know it,” says Hopkins, a sales seminar dynamo and the co-author of When Buyers Say No: Essential Strategies for Keeping a Sale Moving Forward.

Let’s take a step back to just before the explosion of social media. The year was 2006, and one of the most influential movies of the decade was about to come out. Despite its title, it wasn’t a film about a demon’s wardrobe. It was a film about wisdom, work, relationships and so much more. 

Winners never quit. That’s what most of us have been told, anyway. We have been conditioned to believe that quitting is a sign of weakness. The reality, however, is that winners quit, and they quit often. They quit what doesn’t work and what doesn’t produce results. The key is, they know what to quit and

In a typical year, Jared Neff, owner of Neff Yacht Sales in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, travels for work a few times a month. He flies to international boat shows and often takes clients to see yachts for sale all over the world.  Last year, COVID-related international travel bans kept Neff mostly grounded. He took three

Death is a tricky topic that becomes infinitely trickier when you add the digital nature of modern living.  It’s been estimated that Facebook alone could have 4.9 billion dead users by 2100. Actually, by as early as 2070, the dead could outnumber the living on Facebook, according to the same research. “[Facebook] will not let