Every challenge exists for a reason. And while the challenges will be different for each of us, their core purpose is fundamentally the same: When we are faced with a difficult challenge, we must ...

While discussing inventions, Thomas Edison’s associate, Walter S. Mallory, once said to him, “Isn’t it a shame that with the tremendous amount of work you have done, you haven’t been able to get any ...

I’ve made more mistakes than most people in business. In fact, I’d bet money—a lot of money—that I’ve screwed up worse than you have. How about losing a $100,000,000 portfolio? Yet despite these ...

While entrepreneurs create the bulk of U.S. companies and the majority of the nation’s jobs, almost 1 in 5 new businesses fail within the first 12 months of their launch. That daunting total rises to ...

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown," claims Ross Perot. The ...

Would you be shocked if the leader of a billion-dollar global enterprise bemoaned his company’s lack of failure? A few years ago, when his business was booming and profits were high, I heard just that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. According to David Brooks, founder of Contractor Rhino—a company dedicated to helping home service and trade contractors build ...