When former US President Barack Obama was asked to share his most important career advice for young people, he replied... "Just learn how to get stuff done."… | 332 comments on LinkedIn

I travelled the world and trawled the archive to unearth the hidden lessons from history’s most brilliant people

Your most productive years aren’t necessarily in your thirties and forties.

Jill Schlesinger

Seth Godin

To gain one great thing, you must give up another. And one of the most important sacrifices to make is the time we spend outside of work on the activities that don't contribute to our overall goals at all.

An animated ultra mini series by Ray Dalio

This is going to be a difficult POV to write because making a case for the power of simplicity is no easy task. And yet, more than ever, I’m convinced that simplicity is the scarcest commodity among leaders, and probably the most important.

This article reveals the habits of successful people, like billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson, and how you can use these habits in your life.

If you’re ambitious, you’re bound to feel like a failure from time to time. Lofty goals lead to inevitable moments when you aren’t yet living up to your expectations.

According to a new book, many of the things we learn about how to be successful are wrong.

As a 15-year-old who aspires to be an engineer, I admire people like Elon Musk. How do you think someone could be as successful as him without being as smart as him? This question was originally answered on Quora by Jim Cantrell.

So many people think this is the best route. It isn't.

A new study points to a combination of personality, persistence and luck as leading to success, and scientists say that those same forces are at play at all levels of a discipline.

Lesson: “Never give up” is bad advice. Real winners don’t hesitate to walk away from an unsuccessful venture. Contrary to popular belief, if you want to [...]

There's a reason why this 10-years-to-overnight-success pattern shows up over and over. And it's not just about working hard.

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On Networks, Connections, and Relationships

Dorie Clark examines how rapid social and technological change disrupted our definition of what a meaningful and successful professional life looks like.

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Website of author and historian, Steven Pressfield.