Here are 5 things that teens can do now to get ready for the right career - whatever that may be.
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.
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.
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?
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Choosing a business name is an important step in the business planning process. Here are some tips to help you pick, register, and protect your name.
A "disregarded entity" is an important tax status for self-employed sole-proprietors. In a nutshell, it means you can form a LLC for your business, but...
"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."
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
Creativity is often made out to be a nebulous, messy, complicated, difficult thing, and it can be. But it doesn't have to be.
This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business.
A reader recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing it? I am too driven!”
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.
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.
A common mistake people make is that they’ll spend 500 hours creating a product and then 20 hours promoting it. Then they wonder why no one is buying.
Study by USC Marshall School of Business and USC faculty illuminates how facial expressions affect cooperation While Disney’s Frozen Academy...
A researcher has found that the specific colors used in a company’s logo have a significant impact on how that logo, and the brand as a whole, is viewed by consumers.
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 make a living doing what I love, and doing what you love for a living is fantastic.
The urgent desire for a successful business -- and the fear of losing business -- drives many a good person to do sleazy things.
Unconscious motivation plays a substantial role in how we respond to challenges. Find out how much.
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.
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.
If you have ever wanted to know how to turn a content site into a virtual gold mine, you'd be smart to ask an expert how he or she managed it.
It’s true that you don’t need to create a formal business plan in order to start a business. You can kickstart...
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.
What truly inspires individuals to perform at their very best?
Let’s say you have an agenda, and every time one of you wandered off the agenda, you forced yourself to get back on it. Would the conversation be better or worse, with a set outcome?
These need-to-know basics should help you consider whether a joint venture is right for you and your business.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.