John C. Maxwell Knows the Meaning of Life
The leadership expert gets personal about his own journey to significance and designing a life of purpose.
The Tim Ferriss Way: Life Is a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Game
Emerald and I are just passing the time, waiting for Tim Ferriss. She really has the pixie dream-girl thing going on—irrepressibly cute with freckles and brown locks dangling from a winter cap that sits high on her head and defies gravity with its pointy top. We’re early. She busies herself with inventory and phone calls as […]
‘How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time’
Laura Vanderkam has made it her life’s work to study the schedules of the most powerfully productive people across numerous industries. Her new book, out in June, is I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time, a data-driven examination of how big-time career women balance work with family […]
Me, Myself and My Avatar—What’s the Big Deal?
In one of the most chilling episodes of Black Mirror, the modern British answer to The Twilight Zone, near-future humans lead meaningless lives of drudgery yet are compelled to push forward day after day by the allure of earning points to spend on trifles for their avatars (digital representations of themselves). They are unwittingly enslaved […]
Does Your Business Need a Makeover? 6 Questions to Find Out
As the right-hand man to Charles Schwab, David Pottruck helped transition the Schwab brokerage firm from its brick-and-mortar focus into an Internet-trading model. It wasn’t easy gaining brokers’ and investors’ confidence. But Pottruck had a step-by-step strategy, and this major change turned out to be a multibillion-dollar breakthrough. “Oftentimes the need to change stares you […]
Ready for a Vacation? Why You Should Go Nowhere
One of the world’s most prodigious travel writers, Pico Iyer, says that a stillcation—literally doing as little as possible—can be the best possible use of downtime. Just as daily meditation can bring peace and purpose, the Time, Harper’s and New York Times regular vows that taking even a long weekend to truly decompress will have […]
5 Blazin’ Hot Steps for Telling, and Selling, Your Product’s Story
The labels, website and social media accounts all tell the same tale: “Rufus Teague made some sauce. He put some in a jar and shared it with the boys. They kept painin’ him ’til he fixed up another batch. Next thing he knew he’s makin’ sauce all the time. It’s damn good.” Every day countless grocery […]
Now Hear This: 8 Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind and Soul
Headphones and earbuds are everywhere. You see people wearing them while shopping at the grocery store, driving their cars, walking down the street, exercising at the gym and even while they’re at work. It wasn’t this way when the Walkman came out. Why must everyone be listening to tunes 24 hours a day, seven days […]
3 Apps That’ll Pick Up Your Slack
We can’t be on top of everything all day, every day, right? Right. That’s why there are apps to help us out when we’re feeling a little scrambled. Here are three “easy buttons” for your life: Sleep Cycle ($0.99) Some mornings the snooze button gets the best of you. Hey, it happens to all of […]
3 Apps to Help You Stick to Your Resolutions
Nutrition Menu ($1.99) Determined to lose weight in 2015 but love buffalo wings? That’s a real pickle. A real fried pickle. When out at restaurants, this app can help you make smarter decisions, describing the nutritional stats of each menu item. Lift (Free) This achieve-anything app will help you record your goals and create a […]
3 Apps Every Holiday Shopper Needs
ibotta (Free) Search for rebates on your favorite brands using this app before shopping, and your purchases will earn you real cash back redeemable via PayPal or Venmo. Or apply the funds toward a gift card to another retailer. Gilt (Free) The winner of a Webby in 2014 as the best shopping app on the […]
4 Leadership Lessons from This NFL Season
The 2014 NFL season has been a memorable one, full of incredible highlights, exhilarating finishes and touching moments, but also off-the-field controversy. Considering the incredible task of rallying players to put their bodies on the line in a weekly trench war, the season is always packed with examples of great leadership. But as a results-driven […]
