Motivational

Our relationship with money is formed at a young age. And contrary to popular belief, it’s not our management of our money, but rather our relationship with money that keeps us from truly breaking through and achieving financial independence. This is great news to the 73% of Americans who recently ranked their finances in a […]

Shoba Narayan is a musical actor, which means she faces more rejection than the average person. Going from audition to audition and hearing the word no isn’t just a side effect of the business. It is the business. But even with a career that seems impossibly hard, Narayan has credits in major productions. She has

This week’s conversation on SUCCESS Line meant a lot to me personally. I talk to Joseph, an entrepreneur who feels a calling to share his expertise and become a motivational speaker. I remember exactly what it felt like to have that dream, and I remember exactly how fun, exciting, and challenging the journey has been

Balancing your parents’ plans for your life with your own dreams can be hard—often something the children of immigrants know well.  Parents who move across the world want to give their children a more secure life than they had. Which is honorable—but doesn’t necessarily allow for the kind of risk that comes with bold goals. 

One of the most humbling aspects of becoming a new business owner is to admit that you don’t know everything… and be willing to look for aid and advice from someone more experienced. The idea is to learn and apply things you wouldn’t have otherwise thought of yourself. But if you’re looking for someone to

When it comes to running a business, I’ve learned a lot of things the hard way, and that’s one reason I work so hard to help other entrepreneurs avoid making the same costly mistakes I did. Working with entrepreneurs all over the world means I’ve pretty much seen it all… the good, the bad and

I can hear my client’s breath on the phone, and it feels like the sliding door of an elevator opening—that moment when you aren’t sure whether you’ll be alone on a seconds-long ride of life—when she exhales and says, “I’m not very good with dates and times. I can’t remember when it happened, just that

As we sat down to plan the magazine this article originally appeared in, it quickly stood out to me that the official on-sale date—Oct. 5, the day this issue becomes widely available on newsstands—is exactly the 10-year anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs. In honor of the visionary Apple and Pixar co-founder, who inspired

There’s a scene near the beginning of the film Steve Jobs, in which the titular character, played by Michael Fassbender, is about to go on stage and introduce the world to the Macintosh. It’s a moment he hopes will usher in the point-and-click future of personal computing and change the arc of history forever. But

What is your brand story? And how can you make your particular brand stand out among the rest? Always remember that your brand encompasses all the things someone feels when they think of you. A car manufacturer’s brand might include feelings of safety and luxury. But it also involves the company’s history and approach to