Male or Female: Who Do Employees Want for a Boss?
A Gallup poll suggests that both genders are still more likely to prefer male bosses, but the gap is narrowing. In the 2013 survey, 35 percent of respondents said they would prefer to have a man as a boss, compared to 23 percent who would prefer a woman. The good news is that 41 percent […]
Main Street Favorites: If These Tacos Could Talk…
La Morena Taqueria sits in a run-down strip of buildings alongside Interstate 35 in Lake Dallas, Texas. The restaurant is sandwiched between a gas station where no one ever stops, a tattoo parlor with blacked out windows and two liquor stores. It is not impressive looking, inside or out. But I love it. Man, I […]
This Class Teaches How to Lead Breakthrough Change
It’s cliché to say that the Chinese symbol for crisis is the same as the one for opportunity. It’s not exactly true, either. But it’s still a worthy sentiment, especially for business leaders. Entrepreneurship, risky as it is, isn’t about surviving. It’s about thriving—doing big, bold things that lead to incredible breakthroughs. How do you […]
Dr. Oz Does Double Duty on TV and in the Operating Room
Since his first appearance with Oprah Winfrey 10 years ago, “America’s doctor” Mehmet Oz has been a fixture of daytime television with his syndicated talk serial, The Dr. Oz Show. At SUCCESS, we also like to think of him as our own: Dr. Oz and his writing partner Michael Roizen, M.D., have been with us […]
Richard Rawlings: Hot Rod Hero
When Richard Rawlings got his first entrepreneurial idea, he was having his car detailed. That figures. The star of Discovery Channel’s hit reality show Fast N' Loud says the car wash attendant handed him a promotional recycling bag emblazoned with the establishment’s name and logo. Nice, but what Rawlings really needed, he told the attendant, […]
A Story of Inventing No Excuses
In an upcoming issue of SUCCESS, we’re devoting the monthly Corner Office column to a prolific inventor who says his secret to ingenuity, which has led to some 80 patents, is to “try to learn the source of a problem.” I would like to think those words of wisdom led me to the smart solution […]
Arianna Huffington’s New Success Metric
A year after the debut of her eponymous news site and blog, political commentator Arianna Huffington was by most definitions an American success story—The Huffington Post was growing in readership and prestige, and its Greek-born founder was one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People, according to Time. And then early on April 6, 2007, […]
How Jamie Foxx Became Unstoppable
Jamie Foxx is really excited to find out I am from Texas. He is from there, too, and like most people who move out of the Lone Star State, he is more than happy to talk about the place where he grew up. During our conversation he will reference Texas somewhere close to a dozen times. […]
Fitness Apps: 3 Exercise Inspirations
Not feeling the gym? Get pumped up and find the motivation to get fit with help from the following apps. FitStar Basic (Free) Legendary NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez leads the workouts on this app—each exercise is perfectly tailored to your ability and progress to help you meet your goals. Signing up for the premium […]
Is Jamie Foxx’s Biggest Role Still to Come?
Jamie Foxx, featured in the May 2014 issue of SUCCESS, is canvassing the globe to promote his two most recent films, Rio 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. An entertainer with a relentless work ethic instilled by his no-nonsense grandmother, he stays busy when on the set and off, whether he’s working to drum up […]
Competitive Businesses Score Big during March Madness
It’s a rite of spring: As college basketball teams progress through the NCAA tournament, they celebrate important wins by climbing a ladder in front of the basket, pulling out a pair of scissors and cutting down the nets: snip-snip. That might just be what gave an Illinois urology clinic the idea for a brilliant marketing […]
Our 10 Favorite Productivity Apps
Remember how annoyed you used to get when you couldn’t remember the name of that actor who was in that one movie about that thing? This First World problem is no more. Now you whip out your smartphone, Google “actor with really bushy mustache,” and boom. Sam Elliott! The introduction of these convenience machines in […]
