Vinik earned enormous fees. He purchased the ultimate big boy toy, a professional hockey team, the Tampa Bay Lightning. He also is a minority investor in the Boston Red Sox. Clearly, Vinik was back on his game. Or was he?

This is an interview with the man who knows more successful CEOs and billionaires than almost anyone else, and he shared with me some of what he learned in his encounters with them.

It seems that today everyone thinks they can write and preach about influence, even though they have no clue as to what influence is. In order to rank people on the ability to influence we need to understand influence, not just define it.

Quicker than you can say Office of the Comptroller of the Currency the Obama administration's promise to do justice for over four million foreclosed homeowners has evaporated into the could-have-been ether.

How does a behind-the-scenes news reporter morph into a public speaker? By stumbling around several times, in my case. That's because Dorie Clark had not yet written Reinventing You. She could have saved me some time.

Anyone can adopt the thoughts and beliefs of the rich and overcome years of negative programming. While you might not ever land on the Forbes Billionaires list, you can substantially increase your wealth.

From Forbes: Do you happen to work in retail or food services and think your friends in construction and real estate are happier than you? Turns out i...

"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the li...