Brandon Steiner tells how he invented the bagel when he was 14 years old. Well, actually, he tells the story of his paper route. He was making 8 cents per copy delivered, and business was not good with only 34 daily customers.What else could you do for them? his mother asked.Thats when he decided to

What are your tips for maximizing productivity? Los Angeles is notorious for traffic – I live less than 5 miles from our office, but the drive can take up to 45 minutes. I use this time to follow the news of the day, especially health and scientific developments, by listening to podcasts related t

Maria Menounos thought she was busy.During her last semester at Emerson College in Boston in the spring of 2000, Menounos took a whole host of classes, worked full-time as a reporter for Channel One News – traveling often for interviews during the week – and finished first runner-up for the title of

One afternoon, just over eight years ago, I woke up from another late binge and faced a shocking realization. I was a drug addict and an alcoholic. I once had a different addiction – algorithms. In 2004, I was considered a search engine optimization pioneer and had raised over $4 million for a corp

Weve all struggled to better manage our time at one time or another. So if you are currently feeling scattered, know that you are not alone. The good news is that time management techniques can be learned, as long as you understand why you are doing something and practice until the good idea becomes

Whats your secret to preventing procrastination? I start each day by answering the question:what is the most important thing I need to do today to move the needle in my business?—Charles Gaudet CEO and Founder of Predictable Profits State of mind. For me, procrastination is a task that I dont fe

Q:Every day I come to work with the best of intentions, but things keep getting in the way. The small things. Busy work. How do I actually clear my productivity calendar?A:I know what youre talking about. I call them low leverage activities. They include wasted meetings, activities others should be

Motivation is a tricky thing. Whether youre an entrepreneur, a student, a stay-at-home parent, or a worker bee at a big corporation, you know that motivation comes in a timeline of fleeting, unforeseen waves. At some point, caffeine just isnt enough.When it comes to motivation, we generally understa

Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint. Dive in before youre ready and you wont have the tools and experiences you need to meet the challenges as they arise.Related: 6 guiding principles to simplify your entrepreneurial journeyNo matter how many books you read or how many conferences you atten

Professionals around the world find themselves at a crossroads:we met at the intersection of emerging technical disruption and the future of work. It is a busy and chaotic place. Some naysayers are waving warning banners, convinced that technology will end our usefulness and purpose. But my predict

I always wanted to work somewhere that had fun:lots of laughs and smiling faces, an open door policy, people working together. In short, I wanted to work in a place that I could call home. In the 80s, when I was working for a frozen pizza brand, I set out to find my ideal company culture – one in wh

It was Thanksgiving weekend. Six thousand miles away, people were eating turkey and mashed potatoes, sharing what they were grateful for, and swooning on couches with the dull roar of football playing in the background.I wasnt doing any of that…because I was in Slovenia.Ill be honest. Im in Slovenia

What is the most important personality trait for entrepreneurs and why? PERSEVERANCE. Being an entrepreneur has a lot of ups and downs, maybe even more downs than ups. Its a roller coaster. I try to remember that each hour presents a new opportunity to keep moving forward rather than dwelling on w

People tend to sabotage themselves in a multitude of ways, including self-doubt, inability to accept mistakes, and consistent procrastination. Avoiding self-sabotaging habits is an essential part of becoming a healthy person, but its not always easy to do. A number of these habits can be difficult t

I was raised in a stable middle class family in central Florida. My brother and I cycled to school, went to church on Sundays, and got home to bed at 7:30 p.m. We lived routine and predictable lives, and I grew up thinking that everyone lived that way. I was also taught to believe some specific thin

Q:I spend so much time answering emails that Im losing productivity in other areas. How can I become more efficient when it comes to managing my inbox?A:Email is clearly an important part of our personal and professional lives today, and yet a lot of people spend up to an hour or two a day managing

One Wednesday morning, you yell at one of your team members, “Get out, now!” Or, when faced with a question about one of your policies, you say, “Because I said so.” Or, during a weeknight dinner, you say, I dont care if you like it, thats what you got. Any of those times would be a bad time for wor

To crack the code on real potential, data scientists from Googles world-famous People Analytics team have launched an initiative with the not-so-secret codename Project Aristotle. Here is their initial mission:to build the perfect team. At first glance, the task may seem simple. If you were to creat

A leader is someone who, through their personality and skills, inspires others to be the best version of themselves. Although leaders may display different types of leadership styles, they all hope to achieve the same goal:motivating the team they lead to be better and do better.But what makes us an

At 16, Nero became the emperor of the most powerful civilization in the world.Freshly out of childbirth, he conquered new lands for Rome and quashed rebellions from the comfort of a palace in an unimaginable luxury.Despite his position, Nero went down in history for his extreme brutality – he execut