Trying to climb the corporate ladder? Warning: It can be a dangerous distraction. Promotions don’t always increase your job satisfaction or nurture your passions. In fact, the added responsibility could drive you further away from finding meaning in your work because you’re too busy to even consider it. Americans in particular are under immense pressure …

World-renowned neurosurgeon James Doty, author of the New York Times best seller Into the Magic Shop, has a compelling story that credits mindfulness and visualization as important first steps that turned a life of poverty into one of success and wealth. Now director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at …

Sara Blakely is pretty amazing. She’s the founder and inventor of Spanx and a self-made billionaire. She even still holds the original patent for her game-changing women’s underwear. There are a decent number of self-made billionaires now, and some incredible women entrepreneurs. What sets Blakely apart? For one thing, she bootstrapped her company to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, taking no …

Offer pretty much anyone in the world a pill that would instantly improve IQ, and most people would happily gobble it down. That’s why the internet is full of articles and courses on how to get smarter, learn faster, and emulate geniuses. But while being smarter sounds appealing, actually living everyday life as an extremely …

Chances are, your life is probably out of balance. Entrepreneurs especially struggle with routine. It’s the nature of the lifestyle, in the sense that it encourages you to say “Yes” to anything and everything–assuming you’ll figure out how to make it happen after the fact. The challenge with this sort of approach, however, is you …