7 Character Traits That Create A Lifetime Of Success

I am an ardent fan of the TV series The Big Idea. For the benefit of those of you who haven’t watched it, it is an interview which features a person who has made an idea they once had, a success. Most...Full Article

Are You Too Shy To Succeed?

Shyness is painful for anyone, but if you are a freelancer, being too shy can be a serious problemWhen I was small, I was somewhat shy. I remember that once, when I was in first or second grade, my mo...Full Article

7 Winning Characters Create A Lifetime Of Success

I am an ardent fan of the TV series The Big Idea. For the benefit of those of you who haven’t watched it, it is an interview which features a person who has made an idea they once had, a success. Most...Full Article

The 6 Ways Winners Plan For Success

Once upon a time, I used to be the messiest person alive.I dont just mean in terms of messy room and messy car. I mean messy plans, too. I would have a general idea of what I wanted to do, but wouldnt...Full Article

Success Isn’t a Competition

    “The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.” - Bertrand RussellAs a blogger who has found some success amongst the seemingly endless sea of blogs, I’ve had to confront ...Full Article

Know Your Strength for More Success

In his book “The Tipping Point”, Malcolm Gladwell describes three different types of people, Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen.Which are you?Connectors are people specialists.The following questions wi...Full Article

Time Management Tips

I left a meeting with one of my mentors recently with a page of fabulous next steps for my coaching, workshop, and book business. There were probably 10 actionable items noted on the page, each one of...Full Article

Learn to Understand Your Own Intelligence

Three years ago I listened to a lecture on cognition that changed the way I think about intelligence. This is the crux. There are two types of cognition. The first is normal cognition. This is the abi...Full Article

How to Learn a Foreign Language: 5 Keys to Success

 Note: These guidelines should be rigorously followed, even if you are taking a language course.Learn a Foreign Language1) Spend the time!By far the most important factor is how much time you are...Full Article

Life lessons from snowflakes

After a little snowstorm yesterday I began to think of what snowflakes had to offer other than nice scenery and treacherous road conditions. From the way they fall, to the way they look, snowflakes ca...Full Article

Passion: Your Key for Achieving Success

Do you want to succeed? If your answer is yes like most people do, then there is one important asset you must have: passion. While you may get results in the short term without having passion, in the ...Full Article

10 Skills to Succeed at Almost Anything

What does it take to succeed? A positive attitude? Well, sure, but that’s hardly enough. The Law of Attraction? The Secret? These ideas might act as spurs to action, but without the action itself, the...Full Article

Learn From Successful Entrepreneurs

What challenges do we really face when we start our own small businesses, and how can we overcome them? What does it take to make the leap of faith? And what are the rewards of being entrepreneurs?I h...Full Article

Do you need an MBA to start a successful startup?

        I have written an article about this question at Stepcase blog. It’s an interesting questions to think about:    Wait, do you need an MBA to l...Full Article

Achieve Unique Success by Unique Skills

I’ve read innumerable seas of professional biographies — not books, but blurbs you often see on the “About” section of a company’s website. Most of them are boring, presenting similar information in a...Full Article

Fifty Habits of Highly Successful People

So I thought that I might write a quick review of every self-help book ever written all right here in this one little article. Simple enough. I love the easy jobs. Surely it couldn’t be that hard, cou...Full Article

The Winning Side: How to Associate Yourself With Success

The winning side - what is that exactly? To me, it is taking the appropriate courses of action (or inaction, as the case may be) to ensure we are affiliated with successful people and successful group...Full Article

I Won Science Fair with A Failed Project: The Skill of Presenting Failures

For my first three science fairs, I received a participation ribbon — no prizes, no other acknowledgment. For my fourth, I walked away with $600, a first place award from AFCEA, a Discovery Science aw...Full Article

1000 Real Millionaires Reveal Their Top 13 Success Secrets

“There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he ca...Full Article

Welcome Failure

Very often the best way to test an idea is not to analyze it but to try it. The organization that implements lots of ideas will most likely have many failures but the chances are, it will reap some mi...Full Article