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5 Winners Teach Us How to Learn From Failure

Sometimes life throws you a curveball, hands you a lemon, or knocks you for a loop. But knowing how to approach failure can be the first step to success. The latest science and strategies on how to win in the end.

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last, what we might expect in the next 30 years. His answer: uncertainty, chaos, turbulence, and risk. In other words, it’s not a bad time to be an entrepreneur

Inspire People to Talk about You

By: Kimberly Stansell, January 2000
Referrals from satisfied customers are fuel to your business’s engine. Yet statistics show that the average satisfied customer tells only five other people. You can increase those numbers by giving clients an incentive to talk about you.
First, create a referral program and immediately enroll every person who patronizes your business. Introduce [...]

A Crash Course in Communication

By: Jamie Walters and Sarah Fenson, August 2000
Recently I heard someone say, “Communication is easy.” I disagree. Talking is easy; communication, which means an exchange or communion with another, requires greater skill. An exchange that is a communion demands that we listen and speak skillfully, not just talk mindlessly. And interacting with fearful, angry, or [...]

The Stunning Consequences of Not Getting Enough Sleep

The Stunning Consequences of Not Getting Enough Sleep

By Allison Ford, Divine Caroline. Posted April 1, 2009.

Many people don’t get as much sleep as they should. And their brains are paying the price.
Nothing feels worse than hearing your alarm clock ring in the morning when your body is screaming for a [...]