Career & Success

Details: Written by: Gary C. Cooper

By all the usual measurements, I was successful and living the American dream at full speed. But my success came at a great cost to my health and relationships...

Details: Written by: Chris Fontanella

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Dreams can…and do…come true; there are no limits to what we can achieve.

Details: Written by: Jay Sidhu

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My commitment to these principles infuses every facet of my life, including my business relationships and leadership philosophy.

Details: Written by: Bob Johansen, Joseph Press, Christine Bullen

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Looking futureback will help you find clarity so you can be very intent but very flexible about how you’ll get there.

Details: Written by: Kelly McDonald

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If you don’t know any people of color, you can still make inroads and build relationships that are mutually helpful and beneficial with diverse businesspeople, even without an introduction from a friend or colleague.

Details: Written by: David C. Bentall

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“Either we find alignment with our business and enjoy the journey or we can let it become an obsessive force that robs us of our joy.”

Details: Written by: Stephen Langston

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Failing early in our careers can make us question whether we are on the right path. We may look at people who have succeeded from the outset and wonder why it doesn’t come so easily to us.

Details: Written by: Chris DeSantis

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Our distaste for work is not inherent. Some people are satisfied and even excited about the work they do—it’s just that many are not.

Details: Written by: Brian Smith

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Several barriers can easily hijack attainment of a goal, including failing to set intentions around the goal...

Details: Written by: Kelly McDonald

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Respect is profoundly meaningful, but costs nothing to give. Here are ways you can demonstrate (and model) respect for your diverse coworkers, regardless of who they are or what their positions are within your organization

Details: Written by: Kelly McDonald

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Respect is profoundly meaningful, but costs nothing to give. Here are ways you can demonstrate (and model) respect for your diverse coworkers, regardless of who they are or what their positions are within your organization

Details: Written by: Marina Milosheva, Edinburgh Napier University

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Now though, many of us are faced with a slightly different predicament: how to network while working remotely. Operating out of makeshift home offices, with children demanding tea or pets stepping on keyboards

Details: Written by: Carl Greer PhD, PsyD

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When you have to negotiate a high stakes deal, do you find yourself becoming so anxious you can’t think clearly?

Details: Written by: Ray Arata

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If we aren’t being denied opportunities based on our gender and our identities, or not having to work twice as hard to adhere to a double standard simply because of who we are, then it doesn’t get our attention—because it’s not happening to us. And this certainly is not an excuse. We’re simply not experiencing the pain.

Details: Written by: Elliott Noble-Holt

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Falling into a rut doesn’t mean we have to stay there. Even when it can seem like an insurmountable challenge to climb back out, finding a way is possible. My life is a testament that it can be done.

Details: Written by: Elliott Noble-Holt

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Falling into a rut doesn’t mean we have to stay there. Even when it can seem like an insurmountable challenge to climb back out, finding a way is possible. My life is a testament that it can be done.

Details: Written by: Areva Martin

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In an excerpt from her new book, Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told, women's rights advocate and entrepreneur Areva Martin explores the power dynamics of male mentors in the post-#MeToo era.

Details: Written by: Areva Martin

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In an excerpt from her new book, Ladies, Leadership, and the Lies We've Been Told, women's rights advocate and entrepreneur Areva Martin explores the power dynamics of male mentors in the post-#MeToo era.

Details: Written by: Alan Cohen

Inspiration or Motivation: Which Works Best?

People who are enthusiastic about a goal find ways to achieve it and they do not need to be goaded or manipulated. People not enthusiastic about a goal will not go there no matter what tricks you try to play to get them to do it.

Details: Written by: Alan Cohen

Inspiration or Motivation: Which Works Best?

People who are enthusiastic about a goal find ways to achieve it and they do not need to be goaded or manipulated. People not enthusiastic about a goal will not go there no matter what tricks you try to play to get them to do it.

Details: Written by: Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.

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Competition has become so much a part of how we work, live, and love that it is difficult to consider a life not based upon it. We are so immersed in our toxic competition to be successful that those who are not driven by this obsession are seen as 'out of it,' not fully engaged in the game of life, or even cowardly.