Dr. Greg Reid interviewed 100 of the world’s richest people – from entertainment pioneers to real estate tycoons – to find out how they built their wealth and held onto it. He and co-author Gary M. Krebs published the findings in a book, “Wealth Made Easy,” which contains proven, real-world […]
Jeff Raider is the co-founder of Warby Parker and men’s care startup Harry’s. He says that growing up, he watched his single mum work incredibly hard as an entrepreneur, and he swore he’d never start a business himself. But he changed his mind, and since founding Warby Parker and Harry’s, […]
Susan Solomont is the author of “Lost and Found In Spain: Tales of An Ambassador’s Wife.” When her husband was appointed US Ambassador to Spain under President Obama, she left her career in philanthropy, her friends and family, and a life she loved to join her husband for a three-and-a-half-year […]
Making a big “no-no” during a salary negotiation may result in thousands of dollars being left on the table. Your best way to tackle this delicate conversation: Stay calm, take plenty of deep breaths, and think before you speak. Focus on the facts, and then aim high. Visit BusinessInsider.com for […]
Josh Leslie has been the CEO of Cumulus Networks for two-and-a-half years. He says that it’s a lonely job – and that when you’re CEO, anything that happens in the company could be attributed to you, whether you like or not. His best advice? Listen to your gut – always. […]
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic is an international authority in psychological profiling, talent management, leadership development, and people analytics. He says that the real problem with the “lean in” message is that we’re telling women to mimic dysfunctional traits. We’re often fooled by people – usually men – who are unaware of their […]
Yale’s most popular class ever, “The Science of Well-Being,” was designed by professor Laurie Santos. She collected all the psychological science related to happiness and came up with a step-by-step process for boosting your own. After five weeks in the class, the writer Justin Maiman says that the principles – […]
It’s easy to link Elon Musk’s rapid success, ability to solve unsolvable problems, and genius-level creativity to his incredible work ethic. But during a one-on-one interview with TED curator Chris Anderson, Musk attributed to his genius-level creativity and success to a method of reasoning called first principles. First-principles thinking works […]
