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Motivation
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How to Channel Your Skills and Find Your Best Side Hustle
Are you ready to test the waters of entrepreneurship? Start with a side hustle. Having a side hustle gives you security, reassurance, diversity of income, and most importantly, it gives you the possibility for something...
15 Quotes That Will Motivate You to Start a Side Hustle (and Be a Better Entrepreneur)
It's normal to experience dips in motivation, to want to procrastinate instead of deal with the mountain of work that lies ahead. But at the end of the day, true entrepreneurs know that you have...
How to Identify Your Core Values and Align Them with Your Business Model
As an entrepreneur, it’s crucial that your business model and your personal core values are aligned in order to achieve long-term success. The truth about entrepreneurship is that each of us gets to create our...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Mars Perseverance Mission Success Paves Way for How Big Dreams Can Come True (Episode 177)
On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses the inspirational Mars Perseverance mission, and how just like the amazing men and women of NASA, entrepreneurs are similarly pushing the envelope every day. Tune in to...
3 Ways Thriving Entrepreneurs Structure Their Morning Routines
Ever wonder what Bill Gates eats for breakfast? Or what Oprah’s favorite meditation is? Developing a unique routine that works for you is much more important than copying someone else’s habits to a tee. Different...
Winners in Business: StartupNation Radio feat. Bruce Liebowitz and Marci Taran
This episode of StartupNation Radio is brought to you by Pappas Financial On today’s episode of StartupNation Radio, Jeff is joined by co-host, Norm Pappas, president and CEO of Pappas Financial. Together, they interview two guests who...
10 Life-Changing Books Every Side Hustler Needs to Read
As an entrepreneur, I’m a big advocate of using books to level up my game for one simple reason: a $20 business book is one of the least expensive crash-course educations you can get today....
9 Habits Successful Entrepreneurs Use to Increase Productivity
There are always those successful entrepreneurs and small business owners who check so many tasks off of their to-do list, it seems they must have extra hours in the day. But since they’re only human,...
Every Good Startup Goal Has These 6 Ingredients
You don’t need to hang a carrot from a stick in order to motivate your employees. You just need a good BHAG. This goal-setting concept was introduced in “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,”...
Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on How to Stay Motivated and Never Lose Sight of Your Goals
One of the top questions I get asked by entrepreneurs and people working at startups is, “How do I stay motivated?” In the early days (or quite frankly, any day), starting a company and all...
9 Ways to Conquer Fear and Realize Your True Potential
Everyone experiences fear. What defines you is how you face it. We asked these successful entrepreneurs and advisors in The Oracles to tell us how they manage their biggest fears. 1. Don’t avoid your fear — leverage...
5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business
When I launched my business 35 years ago, I had a strong business idea and motivation to work for myself. I also had so many external challenges and worries facing me from the get-go. Could...
4 Biggest Challenges Top CEOs Face (and How You Can Overcome Them as an Entrepreneur)
As an entrepreneur, you face many challenges that demand your time and attention, and can contribute a large burden on your work and how you manage it. We spoke to a number of CEOs running...
President of AppSumo on How You Can Build a Ride or Die Startup Team
Are you struggling to jumpstart your startup's motivation and revenue? Join Ayman Al-Abdullah, AppSumo president, as he shares his inspirational business story in this exclusive interview with Leveling Up, an entrepreneur interview show hosted by...
5 Things You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote Employees
Remote employees are no longer an anomaly. In a recent survey by Gallup, 43 percent of surveyed Americans said that they spent some time working remotely, a 4 percent increase from 2012. What’s more, the...
3 Components of Becoming an Investable Entrepreneur
Emerging companies looking to grow their business, at some point, have exclaimed: “if I only had (fill in the business need here), then I could (fill in the business opportunity here).” The issue with that...
Use the Psychology of Motivation to Reach Your Goals
Do you have a long list of goals for your startup to achieve this year? If you do, you’re off to a great start; setting goals is the first step toward making them a reality. But...
You Don’t Need a Business Coach, You Need a Pro
It happens every time. Within moments of starting a conversation with successful startup founders and entrepreneurs (and over the years at Inc. magazine, I’ve interviewed and spoken with hundreds), they start talking about the people...
5 Ways to Feign Motivation as a Solopreneur
When you work for yourself, it can be hard to find motivation. This article will provide you with some tips that’ll make getting revved up to take on the day’s projects at hand a little...
5 Characteristics of High Performance Culture
It’s no secret that motivation is important when it comes to doing good work. “Company culture” has become a popular term among corporate leaders; more and more companies are focusing on creating a culture that...