If you want to make sure you’re providing your employees with an environment in which they can thrive, check your workplace for these motivation killers. 1. Toxic people. If you’ve ever spent time with truly toxic people, you know how destructive and exhausting they can be. Toxic people spread negativity and suffocate the positive. Let […]

Most people attend networking events to gain something: job leads, referrals, exposure, connections, opportunities to grow their business. Having organized more than 50 networking events over the past 10 years, I’ve seen plenty of these people leave disappointed, dismissing networking as a complete waste of time. But I’ve also seen the opposite. I’ve seen people walk out with […]

Know this: Hard work alone won’t get you there. Success is a subjective notion, if there ever was one. But for simplicity’s sake, let’s assume the higher you are on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the better you’re doing. In case you don’t remember the levels from Psych 101, essentially, people can’t be their best possible […]

Truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great attention if you want to improve your life instantaneously. Everyone wants to make an impact and live a life they can be proud of. But anyone who has ever known success or even been around the block a time or two […]

App stores are crammed with all manner of time-management options. These four take interesting tacks toward maximizing your time–and productivity. iCukoo Charity Alarm Clock Take a moral–and financial–stand against sleeping in. Create and edit alarms using the dead-simple design. If you ignore them, iCukoo sends a set amount of money to a charity of your […]

Working from home isn’t for everyone. To be successful, you must be disciplined, motivated, and — above all else — a self-starter. It’s been relatively easy for me, because I’m motivated by the reality that my success or failure rests directly on my shoulders. If you think working from home means having the freedom to […]

It’s funny, really. Most of us who get into entrepreneurship start with the intention of working LESS than we did at our regular jobs. The startling reality is that we often end up doing way more because we love the projects we’re involved with. And because oftentimes, that’s what it takes to make things happen. […]