In 1961, author Joan Didion, then a 26-year-old Vogue editor, penned a seminal essay for the magazine titled, “Self-Respect: Its Source, Its Power.” In it she wrote, “To live without self-respect is to lie awake some night, beyond the reach of warm milk, phenobarbital and the sleeping hand on the coverlet, counting up the sins …

As longtime subscribers of SUCCESS might recall, this isn’t the first time the stars of Shark Tank have graced our cover. In fact, they fronted a monumental issue of the magazine some years back, the launch of our redesigned look and feel that has come to define the brand. In the world of entrepreneurship, the …

If you’ve always wished you could natter away in another language, then now may be time to finally sign up for lessons or download a handy app on your phone… Because new research by Concordia University in Canada has just supported the theory that being able to speak two languages is good for your brain …

IGNORE THEIR ACTIONS Fran Walfish, PsyD, a Beverly Hills-based family and relationship psychotherapist and author, says one effective way to handle bragging and credit-stealing coworkers is to ignore them. ‘Any engagement is an invitation for a power-struggle, battle, and declaration of war,’ she says. Instead, focus on your own work and keep your distance. RECOGNIZE …

THEY HAVE HELP Why is it that the busy mom with four kids is the one who is head of the PTA? And what about that two-job-in-the-city power couple who has three kids? How do they do it? In both of these (real world) situations, both families have full-time help with caring for their kids, …