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Confessions and personal reflections of a "lifestyle" entrepreneur Read More

To err is human. But to persevere is a feat that often separates the successful from the mediocre. In business—as in sports, politics, and the arts—many of the greatest and most influential leaders share a history of failure. Automaker Henry Ford and animator Walt Disney both stumbled badly with early business ventures. Early in his career wit Read More

Where did you learn your real life, business, and investing lessons? If you're anything like me then they probably came out of the mistakes you've made. Sure, the times you got everything right taught you something, but our successes also tempt us into static patterns or rigid solutions. Rarely do they lead to the truly profound insights. Read More

No, I'm not crazy. And no, I don't mean you should have a closed mind all the time. What I do mean is that to be most productive, you need to close your mind to everything except the project at hand. In otherwords, don't multitask. Multitasking keeps you from being as productive as you could be. It makes projects take longer and it keeps Read More

Trashing is what happens when more time is spent switching between tasks than actually accomplishing useful work. While organizing your work space and your personal life is positive, make sure that you do not spend more time on the planning than in actually doing the work. Read More

The author explores stress, burnout and managing one's energy, along with a powerful idea for getting out of your funk. Read More

Productivity guru David Allen provides a different view on self management. Read More

Ever wondered why so many people and businesses seem to have such a consistently loyal following? No matter what they say— even it it's incorrect, people still listen? Wouldn't it be great simply to have people hear you in the first place? Read More

Though most managers understand intellectually that time is their scarcest resource, few make the effort to gain a strategic perspective on how they spend their hours each week. Still fewer make a regular practice of keeping track of how the priorities they say are most important jibe with the way they actually spend their time. “Those we label na Read More