It's been his beat for 17 years. Now Deon Joseph sees an interest in Skid Row that didn't exist when downtown Los Angeles was a shell no one visited.

A Wharton professor shares what does and doesn't work when it comes to crafting goals for the year ahead.

Sometimes a jewel becomes more valuable when people can wear it. That is a thought I had the other day when I was permitted to play the Gershwin Steinway that resides in a workshop at the School of Music at the University of Michigan. It is a true musical jewel, even [...]

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For the new-media generation, the three-martini lunch has gone the way of the manual Rolodex.

A sincere smile, an overdue phone call, or a handwritten thank-you note can shift the mood of a day....

If you Google “daily habits of successful people” you’ll find almost every business-focused media outlet represented in the results. But if you’re looking for a guaranteed roadmap to success, don’t get excited just yet. If you read all of those articles, or even a few of them, you’ll soon realize that successful people have a wide range of daily habits.

It’s part of getting stuff done.

Be less judgmental. It will make you happier, more powerful, and help others around you.

Research shows that mentors are an important and valuable asset for career planning. Everyone from Martha Stewart to Kid President to your high school...

DO YOU work too much? Last year we wrote a jolly piece that found an interesting correlation between working hours and output. With higher working hours, labour...

If a man talks in a meeting, he gets heard. A woman just gets interrupted.

The actress stars in the new film Into the Woods, in theaters Thursday. On screen she's a natural. But as a kid, she had a stutter so severe she could hardly say her own name.

Earlier this year, my team experienced the sudden tragic death of one of our teammates. I am fortunate to lead a great team. Our team members had been in place and unchanged for over five yea…

Website of author and historian, Steven Pressfield.

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

A lot of people give business advice. I've found there's one thing you need to know more than anything else.

Dropping formal titles was a "hard sell" at the PC-maker, but necessary as it expanded its global footprint.

Reinhold Niebuhr wrote a prayer that many of you will recognize. It goes roughly: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”What does this have to do with looking for a job?Everything.There's a ton of unfairness in the job search process. As a candidate, you can’t control whether a company requires a work visa, whether some executive’s kid has an inside track on your dream job, or whether your interviewer has some private or unconscious bias that will hurt your chances. I&

The NASA Paradox In 2008, Dan Markovitz was meeting with a group of R&D engineers at a high tech company. The engineers began complaining about

Encourage people to do something for its own sake, not for its benefits.

I’ve posted about getting people to like you, winning arguments and FBI methods for negotiation — but let’s take it to the next level. There are ways to deal with people who are difficult but brass tacks here, folks: most of the people who cause you problems aren’t going anywhere.

Duke professor and bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals research backed insights on how to be efficient with your time at work and at home.