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Success Secrets

The Secret to a Successful Life

Susan Mercandetti | Posted 05.20.2013 | Women
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Susan Mercandetti

As a "Nightline" producer, I traveled all over the world covering interesting stories, leaving unused theater tickets and broken dates behind. There was always tomorrow.

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Five Secrets of Successful (and Happy) CEOs

Melody Stevens | Posted 11.10.2012 | Small Business
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Melody Stevens

I realized that while these leaders had very specialized skills, experience, and talents that enabled them to effectively (and happily) lead, they had also cultivated their level of mastery in business by learning from setbacks and staying in the game.

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Scratching an Itch, the Secret to Success

Will Aguila, M.D. | Posted 10.06.2012 | Healthy Living
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Will Aguila, M.D.

Effort is really the key component of the cycle of success, because even if you are inspired, motivated, or determined, you will not succeed if you don't put in the effort. Effort is the last step of the cycle before accomplishment.

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Knowing When To Call It Quits

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 12.12.2011 | Women
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Jessica Pearce Rotondi

The key to success lies not in never quitting, but in knowing when to quit. Here's why quitting can actually be better for your happiness -- and your health.

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How To Be An Optimist Without Being Unrealistic

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

To be successful, you need to understand the very vital difference between believing you will succeed, and believing you will succeed easily. It's the difference between being a realistic optimist and an unrealistic optimist.

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The Secret To Sustainable Passion

Jennifer Howard, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Jennifer Howard, Ph.D.

Here's the problem I see: we can't rely upon raw passion by itself to sustain our efforts over time, because like all emotions, it will come and go. Can passion effectively fuel our desire? Absolutely. Is it sustainable? I don't think so.

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