When we were curious children, we were encouraged to take healthy risks in order to grow, learn, and crush fears. Now observations and studies on success prove, that adults should practice risk-taking, just the same. To quote the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerburg, “In a world that’s changing really quickly,...

About the Author

Stephen Richards Covey (1932-2012) is mostly recognized for his highly influential book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey enrolled at the University of Utah for business administration at the age of 16. In both the U.K. and Ireland, he spent years serving as a...

Wildly successful former salesman Dale Carnegie earned the equivalent of nearly $12,000 per week in his heyday in the 1930s. He famously shared his tips and tricks for navigating negotiation, cultivating charisma, and practicing the art of persuasion in his 1936 self-help classic, How to Win Friends and Influence People. 

Carnegie’s...

Most people have heard of prodigies, people who were able to build empires out of their passion, which they had been sharpening since childhood. These people seem to have come out of the womb with a business plan, which they effectively executed by the time they were 25. Almost everyone...

Have you been feeling unenlightened, let down, or stuck in your ways?

Are you ready for a change? For insight and inspiration?

Then maybe it’s time to look into some personal development books to shake things up. These five books by...