Jimmy’s goal since childhood, he explained to Siegel, had been to join the cast of Saturday Night Live. He was endearing. After a two-hour call, Siegel offered to represent him. She had one question,...
Kids there have much more sense that they’re going to have to construct their own future, Wagner says. They’re taught to be entrepreneurs of their own lives. Instead of standing passively on an educat...
Lateral thinking doesn’t replace hard work; it eliminates unnecessary cycles.
Leverage is the overachiever’s approach to getting more bang for her proverbial buck. It’s how brand-new startups scale and young sci-fi geeks become movie directors. It’s how below-average school sys...
Like The Second City, Upworthy turned its work into rapid, scientific experiments. It turned tiny failures into depersonalized feedback and created an environment where total failure was nearly imposs...
Luck is often talked about as being in the right place at the right time. But like a surfer, some people—and companies—are adept at placing themselves at the right place at the right time. They seek o...
Mentorship is the secret of many of the highest-profile achievers throughout history.
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