Life isn't fair. It's true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is th….

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge..

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The high….

Staying in touch with contacts is as important as getting them in the first place..

You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up..

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athle….

Life doesn't come with an instruction manual for success, so Darren Hardy has written one for you. The Compound Effect shows you how small, smart cho….

A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart; I can't make any mistakes'..

There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own p….

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone..

When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and some….

The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve..

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist..

You'll always get the good news; it's how fast you get the bad news that counts..

Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He….

Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly..

No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capit….

If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio..

Decide what your priorities are and how much time you'll spend on them. If you don't, someone else will..

Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless ….

Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought..