"Over the course of five years, I've managed to pay off over $35,000 in debt, quit my day job, and go from having nothing saved to fully funding my retirement accounts every year. In the process, I've developed a 14-point philosophy."
Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail, as compared to the few who succeed.
If you want to make a difference in the world, the single most important thing you can do is consciously and deliberately choose to do work that you are passionate about.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
Naming your business is an important branding exercise, but if you choose to name your business as anything other than your own personal name, then you’ll need to register it with the appropriate authorities.
What makes someone a great leader? Here are 11 important factors of leadership that stay the same from decade to decade, century to century.
Starting a business is a lot of work. Anyone who tells you it's not is either lying or has never actually started one themselves.
A study of the sexes reveals that when it comes to starting a business, women are more likely than men to consider individual responsibility, and use business as a vehicle for social and environmental change.
These need-to-know basics should help you consider whether a joint venture is right for you and your business.
As an increasing number of freelancers depend on the virtual workplace, how can they make themselves more attractive to potential employers?
If you want to be an effective entrepreneur, you should have at least 10 good friends who are already successful entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs succeed in isolation, because, business is a social game.
The trope that the likelihood of an accurate group decision increases with the abundance of brains involved might not hold up when a collective faces a variety of factors -- as often happens in life and nature.
Writers who use long words needlessly and choose complicated font styles are seen as less intelligent than those who stick with basic vocabulary and plain text, according to research from Princeton University in New Jersey.
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
Following your passion can be a tough thing... but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
Negotiation, like networking, is one of life’s necessities that you either love or hate. But if it's the latter, it doesn't have to be that way.
I've been working online full time for almost 10 years, since age 19. I've had a lot of failures and a lot of successes. There is no better way to learn how to succeed than to learn from someone who has already done it.
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge.
If you're setting up a business bank account or need a business license, there will probably be a space on the form for your EIN. Fortunately, it's simple to apply for your own business tax ID number via the web.
Educators have tried to boost learning by focusing on differences in learning styles. Management consultants tout the impact that different...
Does your small business maintain a Facebook page? Are you thinking about venturing into social media with a presence on this ever-growing social network?
If you accept a job, a relationship, or a lifestyle that you merely tolerate -- but don't appreciate -- you’re putting other concerns ahead of your own happiness.
A lot can change in 20 years. If you had a PC 20 years ago, you probably had a 386 or 486 running MS-DOS 5.0 and possibly Windows 3.0. No smart phones. No iPods or iTunes. No web browsers. No Google or Yahoo. No YouTube. No social media unless you liked BBSing.
Sometimes you need to become unbalanced in order to get things done. If you’re working on a book, launching a business or trying to overhaul some part of your life, you can probably relate.
Instead of simply buying brand new things for your office, consider some alternative ways to get what you need for little or no money.
It is a beautiful thing to create, to produce, to go out there in the world and make a contribution. But it is just as important that we teach others to create and produce, that we encourage them...
Few people know the secret of Ford's success, and those who do know are too modest to speak of it, because of its simplicity.
It's a huge limiting belief to assume that going faster means you’re doing something wrong and creating too much stress.