Success for Dummies
There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.
There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.
Jack Canfield | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
The real truth is that there is only one person responsible for the quality of the life you live. That person is YOU.
Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living
A study I performed on successful CEOs of private equity funded ventures found that their wives played pivotal roles in their success as executives and in their sense of balance.
Rachel Thebault | Posted 10.29.2009 | Home
This isn't easy for me to say. Growing up in Washington, DC, I was born and bred to hate the Yankees, and I've spent the first 98.5% of my life thus ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
Is Barack Obama succeeding in bringing change? Nine months into his presidency, MSNBC asked that question and invited HuffPost's Senior Congressional ...
Janet Murguía | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
Today, more than one-fourth of Latino children live in poverty. Three-fifths live in low-income families. One in five does not have health insurance. Only 55% graduate from high school.
Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
We have dominion over our thoughts, our perception of events, and our attitudes. And what we continuously focus on tends to continuously show up in our lives.
Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Every once in a while I run across someone who doesn't want to change. What do I do to convince them the change is good for them? Nothing!
Jennifer Kushell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living
The most popular and highest achieving kids in school are not always the most successful in the real world. Success in the academic bubble does not translate to success in work and real life.
Jack Canfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living
When people ask me about the single most important ingredient to success, I always share the same response: realizing what's making you achieve success, and then realizing what is stifling your success.
Jen Grisanti | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books
In the book The Art of Woo authors G. Richard Shell and Mario Moussa give very insightful tips on how to authentically woo through self-awareness.
Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
I was surprised to read the other day that in some cultures if you are asked 'how are you?' the answer never begins with the pronoun 'I' but rather with a 'we' as in 'we are fine or not fine'.
Dan Persons | Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment
I've got nothing against sports films that exult in good sportsmanship and the triumph of the underdog. But I'm more inclined towards films like The Damned United that scrape past the noble veneer of sports.
Anne Naylor | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living
As an employee, you can be fulfilling your own objectives within such an organization -- not just financially but also your personal ethos and values -- the natural drive to make the most of your life.
Jack Canfield | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living
If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking.
Paul David Walker | Posted 10.02.2009 | Home
If people sometimes need a little nudge for the greatest things to happen to them, can this power be found in youth who have grown up in the difficult circumstances of inner cities?
Dan Persons | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment
A TV writer tries his hand at a feature film. His friend reads the script, thinks it's an ungodly mess of muddled symbolism and Freud 101 anxieties. "Be honest," the writer says.
Lauren Mackler | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living
Whether you want to become a better leader or bring greater balance into your life, there are three keys to achieving any type of goal: focus, strategy, and commitment.
Chip Conley | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business
Since his economists have suggested France adopt a "Joie de Vivre" index, Sarkozy has started sounding like a leftist -- or at least someone who spends too much time reading Sartre in Left Bank cafes.
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
Method manuals, when they are written from the heart, convey the power of authenticity. They move us to greater heights because they allow us to tap into our own power.
Jack Canfield | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living
Most people simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
Sharon Glassman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
"I was raised by two people who had lost their country," explains Glenn Llopis, a California-based entrepreneur with Cuban parents. "We were taught to see and seize opportunity."
Gail Lynne Goodwin | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living
It's much more important to spend time developing our own self-image than it is to worry about what others think of us, for nothing controls our own personal success or failure in life more than our level of self-esteem.
Tara Stiles | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
How long would you last resisting the marshmallow? That is the question asked in the "kid torture" video, a recreation of the study done in the 1960s at Stanford analyzing behavior, willpower, and success.
Sandy Grason | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living
I spent countless hours having these amazing, intellectually stimulating conversations but I wasn't taking any action. Mental masturbation.
Tom Morris | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business