13+ hour, 34+ min ago   (532+ words) By building around when your people think their best, you’re encouraging them to perform at their highest level. And who doesn’t want that? As a founder, I used to assume that productivity was mostly a matter of discipline — that if…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (514+ words) She wanted cash flow, not another job. That difference really does matter. It’s the difference between owning a job and owning an asset. A side hustle demands your time, but a managed digital asset demands your capital and then gets…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (210+ words) Terry Eagle started working the register at age 16. Now he owns the register. How’s this for a happy meal? Terry Eagle took a part-time job at a McDonald’s in South London in 1976. Fifty years later, he owns six of them....

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1043+ words) Stephanie Yuhas needed another income stream amid the pandemic and writer strikes. I had been doing that on the East Coast, but it broke the Kickstarter world record, and Netflix picked it up. I never expected that to happen. It…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (482+ words) He regrets losing the entirety of his $180,000 retirement savings in a failed business venture. Bill Lewis didn’t expect to be driving Uber and Lyft seven days a week. However, when the 58-year-old former Wall Street broker lost his entire $180,000 retirement…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (501+ words) Brain coach Jim Kwik explains the science behind starting your day right. Put these two things together and it means that the window of waking becomes especially potent for attentional priming — guiding your brain toward what to focus on during…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (161+ words) Doug Leone bragged about having a root canal done without anesthesia. Now the people who actually do root canals want a word. Doug Leone’s decision to skip Novocaine during a root canal in order to not miss a meeting made…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (194+ words) Elliott Disner spent years helping run Beyond Juicery + Eatery from the corporate side. Now he owns one, and says the job feels completely different. Elliott Disner got his start at Beyond Juicery + Eatery as a 16-year-old barista blending smoothies. Almost…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (359+ words) She also avoids dining out as much as possible, relying instead on home-cooked meals. “I do Cafe Bustelo coffee every morning,” she told The Wall Street Journal in 2024. “I would drop dead before I bought a coffee — I do one…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (203+ words) Younger alcohol drinkers complain that bubbles make them feel bloated, so a new wave of brands is betting that flat is the future. Bars are getting flatter. Vodka waters are replacing vodka seltzers, tequila and soda is now tequila and…...