The main reason Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran fires people?
Having a bad attitude.
On a recent podcast episode of The Burnouts, Corcoran shared that after hiring her first salesperson from another firm and training her “like crazy for a year…
Before the Amazon C-suite, Andy Jassy was hosting weekly chicken wing nights to network with his peers—a lesson for Gen Z in the power of genuine connection building.
Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth says being busy with important matters on the table is his stress “trigger”: He calms down with exercise and deep breathing.
Experts have a lot of ideas about persuasion. Some suggest leveraging social proof to show that people have adopted the idea and had a positive experience. Others emphasize the importance of building trust and appealing to emotional, rather than analy…
Lessons on leadership and strategic discipline from Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as Apple’s CEO.
Earlier in my life, I worked for a global company. I passed my manager in the hallway, and wanted to ask her a question. She was stressed and answered before I had even completed the question. I tried again. She did it again. On the third attempt, I l…
Wojcicki takes inspiration from her daughters’ public failures and how they pivoted to turn mistakes into successful companies.
“It’s like a lot of people are, ‘Oh that’s fine. That’s fine.’ No, it’s not fine. It’s wrong.”
New LinkedIn CEO Daniel Shapero says his best early career move wasn’t chasing promotions—it was choosing the right people, even if it meant staying put for years.
Around four in 10 U.S. Gen Xers, and even some baby boomers, haven’t saved for retirement—as current retirees who didn’t save enough endure a “nightmare.”




