Reading List: Things a Little Bird Told Me
In 1999 future Twitter co-founder Biz Stone was broke and living with his parents. The only “bright spot in my so-called professional life was blogging,” Stone writes. The blog allowed him to express the self-confident exploits of his alter-ego, Biz Stone, Genius. (He got the idea from Wile E. Coyote cartoons.) Keeping the online journal […]
Katherine Schwarzenegger’s Life Lessons
When she graduated from college, Katherine Schwarzenegger didn’t have a “plan for herself.” The daughter of Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger worried about “finding her way in the world.” In her new book, I Just Graduated… Now What? (Crown Archetype; $20), 24-year-old Schwarzenegger aims to help recent grads deal with the insecurities and realities of […]
Building a Blissful Business
Abby Larson’s idea of a perfect wedding is “intimacy, unabashed style, a sense of timelessness and grace built into every detail.” And if she could turn back time, she’d host her own in her backyard with chandeliers decorating trees and a Spanish guitar entertaining guests. But when she said “I do,” the wedding resources seemed […]
Reading List: Essentialism
In this likable and astute treatise on the art of doing less in order to do better, Greg McKeown urges readers to “live by design, not by default.” To live by design means consciously choosing to eliminate the superfluous, unrewarding and unproductive activities that drain time, energy and focus. By trying to do it all […]
When Passion Trumps Experience
A decade ago, Hanny Lerner knew nothing of the Internet or the meaning of the word reupholster. But over the last five years, the 29-year-old has built MOD Restoration into a multimillion-dollar furniture upholstering and design company largely through her marketing and social media savvy. You might say Lerner is a quick study. She says […]
Top of Mind: Inspiration on Leaders’ Minds and Bookshelves
Since we have operations in both the U.S. and China, two very different time zones, I find that I’m more productive and have more energy by taking a break late morning to work out with a personal trainer. On alternate days I take a Pilates class to get out of my comfort zone and to […]
The Definition of Success According to Zig Ziglar
In Born to Win! Find Your Success Code, his last book before his passing, iconic motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar shares his winning philosophy—that you have to plan and prepare to win, to succeed—and the strategies to go with it. In this excerpt, he shares a short list of the characteristics that he believes comprise success: […]
Do More Faster!
You’ve heard the lament: There just aren’t enough hours in the day. Maybe you feel that way. Rather than frying your brain and your nerves working even longer hours, productivity professionals and researchers say you can take steps to become more efficient in the time you spend on tasks, professional or personal. Here are some […]
Reading List: Creativity, Inc.
In his vibrant, entertaining account of Pixar’s evolution from high-end computer company to animated film powerhouse, Ed Catmull, Ph.D., president of the company and of Walt Disney Animation Studios, invites readers for a behind-the-scenes tour to reveal the inner workings, missteps and triumphs of the company behind Finding Nemo; The Incredibles; Up; Toy Story; Monsters, […]
Being Robin Williams
Editor's note: This profile of Robin Williams was originally published in the March 2014 issue of SUCCESS. Robin Williams died August 11, 2014 at the age of 63 after a long battle with depression. Robin Williams isn’t always the frenetic crazy man, although that’s what we might love most about him. He can also be […]
Connecting with Customers in the Digital Market
Target shoppers can clip virtual coupons and share savings with their Facebook friends using Cartwheel, the retailer’s custom app. Sephora shoppers can track and redeem rewards, and scan store products to access reviews using the store’s Beauty Insider app. But businesses don’t have to be behemoths to have their own apps these days. Patrons at […]
Reading List: Pitch Perfect
Do you interrupt the flow of your story by correcting unimportant details as you’re speaking? “We were in Miami in November. No, actually we were in Tampa, and it was December.” Or perhaps you’re an Expounder, who repeats the same point over and over. As for Minutiae Lovers and Cliché Champs, you know who you […]
