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Can you be inspired to do amazing things in 60 seconds (or less)? Watch this video.

Keep in mind that these very same steps are to be used on any problem we encounter — from the tangible to the intangible, from the small to the large.

Believe it or don’t, I just flunked another test for “entrepreneurial” traits!

A memoir of (a) renovating, (b) repairing, (c) cleaning up, (d) dickering over, (e) painting, (f) repainting, (g) and taking the best care possible of a rental property—and the people inside it.

Having an idea is so close to nothing that nobody who has actually done anything cares about your idea.

The co-founder of Paul Mitchell hair products and founder of Patrón tequila shares his best advice for business owners.

The only way to survive, to get off the floor, to build, to have ideas, to create businesses, to have flourishing relationships is with diversification. And with the greatest invention since the wheel, the internet, it’s easier to do it now than ever before.

A seven-figure nest egg may feel far off, but these millionaires—and millionaires in the making—have figured out the keys to financial success.

A few years ago, I bought some fresh eggs from a friend who owned chickens. They were wonderful.

Can you rewire your brain in two weeks?  The answer appears to be — at least partially — yes.

The youngest person ever to win the lottery in Britain wants to sue the jackpot honchos who made her wealthy because the dough “ruined her life,” according to a report.

In the 1970s, some major advances in computer technology started to influence children's toys during the decade as evident in the simply computerized game of Simon and the development of the Atari computer and gaming system.

When in doubt, follow these dos and don’ts for office attire. Whether your office business professional or smart casual, find your basic dress code below. And don’t miss these style tricks that could earn you a promotion.

I’m invested in about 28 private companies. I’ve advised probably another 50 private companies. I’m on the board of several private companies and one public company. The companies ranging from $0 in revenues to a billion in revenues.

Having started more than 400 businesses, it should come as no surprise that I was always trying to get new ventures off the ground, even as a teenager.

What are the most valuable things everyone should know?

If there is one book you should read — study! — after The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel, it is the late J.F. (Jim) Straw’s Mustard Seeds, Shovels, & Mountains.

Sara Blakely is weird. I wish I could think like she does. I want to be weird like her.

Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be!

Every day we encounter thousands of signs and symbols. We actually use some of them to express our strongest feelings when we can’t find the right words. But have you ever wondered about those symbols’ origins? And are we using them in the correct manner?

Do you ever feel that: jealousy? Or if not jealousy, then maybe regret? Like there’s so many things you could’ve done…if only…

In case you’re not feeling under the influence of the love bug, I’ve got some sure fire tips and action steps to get you in the mood.

Durant’s thoughts on the “Great Man” (and certainly, Great Woman) theory of history.

That core purpose of conveying wealth effectively overrides every other potential design principle. These houses are not about history or beauty, careful symmetry or judicious asymmetry.

The classics of contemporary literature are like pillars that provide the creative structure and frame of reference that other works of excellence may be built upon. They can also make quite the investment, according to a rare-book index compiled by the United Kingdom’s Stanley Gibbons Group last year.

Think you don't have time to read? Think again. If Rao can manage to do it, so can you. Here are his top tips, plus a couple of my own.

So in honor of the upcoming 2016 Oscars, here are 15 of the best movies about Wall Street, business, corporate greed and money.

Each one of us has his own priorities. Based on way our own ways of living, we can decide priorities to make life easier.

THINK—printed on signs, deskplates, business cards and notepads—was the seed from which the rest of IBM’s culture would grow.

In 1948, Bristol’s personal interests in metaphysics led him, at age 57, just three years before his death, to write his enduring New Thought classic The Magic of Believing.

In 10 years time, do you want to look back and be swallowed by a feeling of regret, or do you want to rejoice on a decade well lived?

“The less promise and potency in the self, the more imperative is the need for pride. The core of pride is self-rejection.”

Do this and you'll have done the important stuff first.

One day a Cuban illustrator walked unannounced into the MAD Magazine offices, and the rest is history.

In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart podcast, we sit down with a scientist who is challenging these assumptions.

Since the 1950s there has been an intellectual vogue in running down the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), whose post-war bestseller “The Power of Positive Thinking” made him the official smiley face of positive-mind spirituality.

Here are 7 evidence-backed ways to start improving your memory, refining your motor skills and harnessing your creative potential today, no matter how old you may be.

We never see the world exactly as it is — our entire experience of it is filtered through the screen of our longings and our fears, onto which project the interpretation we call reality.

Having a basic understanding of business etiquette rules is crucial.

Here’s another great article from professional ’lifehacker’ Mark Chernoff, in which he helps us to confront a number of potentially damaging lies head on.

How to Attain Success.

Carol Morgan, a psychologist and educator, once posed two questions to her readers: what had they always wanted to become since childhood, and had they achieved their dream in adulthood? For those who answered in the negative to the second question, she offered these 13 indications that life might be passing them by.

Looking back at my failed venture, there are several things that I wish I knew then that I know now.

Your guide to mastering the tongue-twisting names of the fashion world's insiders.

The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis.

The recent Buzzfeed post by Curtis Sittenfeld called 24 Things No One Tells You about Publishing was fun to read. I’ve written 6 popular bookswith two publishers and I agreed with much of what she said. But in hearing every question and myth about my trade over the years, here’s my own list of what I wish more people knew.

I formed 5 habits which still help me today. I encourage you to use them too.

Here’s a video that should be mandatory viewing for everyone who’s ever had a moment of doubt about what they’re doing or how to take the next step forward.

Polish Christmas traditions are some of the most enchanting composites of Polish culture and heritage. Leaving a chair empty at the Christmas table may be one of the most popular customs, but few people know its interesting history.

Here is a quick and easy way to clear frost off your windshield and most of you already have the ingredients in your home.