Let’s face it. If you’re looking for advice, you’ll find no shortage of it—on how to build your business, negotiate a winning deal, build an ideal partnership or raise your kids. A “brand expert” once advised me to always wear red since red is my brand color. Little over a month later, an “expert stylist” …

Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn’s CEO, has had nothing short of a successful career. After graduating from the Wharton School of Business, he went on to assume executive leadership roles at Warner Bros. and Yahoo and was appointed to the board of directors for Intuit before arriving at LinkedIn. In 2011, Weiner and Reid Hoffman (co-founder of …

Life is not linear. No matter how well-thought-out your plans are, they will eventually be interrupted. Lean into the curves when life doesn’t unfold as you’d hoped, and you will bounce back more quickly. 1. Mind your language. Your words create your reality. Describe your situation as a nightmare and you’ll experience just that. Describe …

Most of us live by a motto, whether it’s one we’re taught or one we’ve developed over time. For example, a close friend of mine lives by her two self-created rules of “Don’t be a jerk” and “Be a homie,” which I wish I had come up with first. However, with all the great quotes …

Today we deal with the time vampires in our life. You know who they are. They are the people who through conversation, drama, neediness, or some genuine problem, latch onto you and take you away from your plan for your day (or week or life). They are often people close to us, but we’ve entered …