How to Control Emotions and Feelings—Yours & Others

How to Control Emotions and Feelings—Yours & Others

Do you want to know how to control your emotions and feelings? Did you also know you can also intimidate your competition by doing this as well? If strong enough, emotions and feelings can negatively impact your self-esteem and motivation. However, if you use your emotions for good, you can hype yourself up while taking out the competition. Here’s Tim Grover’s advice on how to control your emotions and feelings, along with your competition’s, from his book Relentless.

Best Travel Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs to Follow in 2023

Best Travel Blogs, Podcasts, & Vlogs to Follow in 2023

Do you have a trip coming up and need help planning it? Are you looking to travel vicariously through someone else? Or maybe you just want to hear some crazy travel stories? Traveling, especially internationally, can be very intimidating. Whether you’re still deciding where to go, looking for advice on what tourist traps to avoid, or you’re an armchair traveler who enjoys watching travel vlogs from the comfort of your own home, there are plenty of resources out there for you. In this article, we’ve pulled together the best travel blogs, podcasts, and vlogs to follow in 2022.

How to Have Interesting Conversations Every Time

How to Have Interesting Conversations Every Time

Do you find it difficult to keep a conversation going? Do you often run out out of interesting things to say? If you often find yourself in a situation where you’ve run out of things to say, you’re not alone. Interesting conversations don’t always flow organically. Sometimes, you’ve got to put some effort into it and research interesting things to say in advance. Here’s how to have interesting conversations every time.

3 Arbitrage Examples in High-Frequency Trading

3 Arbitrage Examples in High-Frequency Trading

What is arbitrage? What are some arbitrage examples that are most often used in high-frequency trading (HFT)? According to Michael Lewis, the author of Flash Boys, there are three different forms of arbitrage that firms use if they participate in HFT: slow-market, dark pool, and rebate. These arbitrage examples help investigators understand how HFT works in large corporations. Continue reading for a better understanding of arbitrage with examples to illustrate the concept.

A New Earth: Book Overview & Key Takeaways

A New Earth: Book Overview & Key Takeaways

What is Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth about? What is the key message to take away from the book? In his book A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle argues that our ego-driven behaviors have reached a critical point—we must elevate our consciousness now for the survival of our species and planet. The book teaches how to do this: how to elevate their consciousness by becoming aware of their ego-driven thought and behavior patterns, and how to overcome those patterns. Below is a brief overview of the key ideas.

Simon Sinek on Empathy in the Workplace

How to Master the Art of Building Trust as a Leader

Why is empathy important in the workplace? What can you, as a leader, do to foster empathy in your organization? According to Simon Sinek, empathy is the foundation of collaboration and innovation. When you lead with empathy, you make your subordinates feel safe. Sinek says that this is because empathy releases oxytocin—the neurochemical that controls feelings of trust, belonging, and happiness. When employees feel safe, they will behave empathetically towards colleagues, which facilitates collaboration and inspires innovation. Here’s how empathy drives collaboration and innovation, according to Sinek.

Startup Culture: Lessons From Peter Thiel

Startup Culture: Lessons From Peter Thiel

What should a startup’s culture be like if you want to succeed? How do you build unity? What factors make people feel more connected? At PayPal, Peter Thiel fostered a team that was so close that people called them the “PayPal Mafia.” In Zero to One, Thiel shares his wisdom on how to cultivate a healthy and effective startup culture, drawing from the lessons he learned at PayPal. Keep reading to see how Thiel’s insights can benefit your startup.

Startup Organizational Structure: Your First Decisions

Startup Organizational Structure: Your First Decisions

What is the best organizational structure for a startup? Who should have equity and how much? Who should make the executive decisions? Structure impacts performance, so how you organize your business at the start is critical. Peter Thiel asserts that you must make the right decisions in three areas—equity, direction, and operation—to cultivate organizational alignment and growth. Here’s how to get your startup structure right at the start.

The 4 Traits of a Profitable Technological Monopoly

The 4 Traits of a Profitable Technological Monopoly

What sets up a startup business for long-term profitability? What qualities must it have? Why isn’t having a monopoly enough? In his book Zero to One, entrepreneur Peter Thiel presents creative monopolies as the solution to destructive competition, but he also cautions that creating a technological monopoly does not in and of itself guarantee the success of your startup. Thiel measures the worth of a startup by considering how much profit it has the potential to bring in ten or twenty years down the road. He identifies four traits common to startups that achieve long-term success. Keep reading to learn