What’s Your Organization’s Higher Purpose?

How to Find Your Major Definite Purpose in Life

What’s your organization’s purpose? Does your company have a higher purpose beyond making a profit? According to management theorist Simon Sinek, a higher purpose is similar to a long-term goal in that it takes time and company-wide cooperation to complete. However, higher purposes are more abstract than long-term goals: They usually provide a sense of meaning beyond making profits or dominating a field, and they don’t have concrete timelines for completion. Keep reading to learn about the importance and key characteristics of higher purpose, according to Sinek.

What Is Portfolio Allocation? Definition and Guide

What Is Portfolio Allocation? Definition and Guide

What is portfolio allocation? Do you need a basic guide to learn how to allocate your assets? To allocate your assets means to build a portfolio of investments that you’ve spread out into different categories. You split your assets into these categories based on how important they are to you and how much money you want to make. Let’s look at how Tony Robbins describes portfolio allocation in his book Money: Master the Game, along with how to divide your money sensibly.

How to Push Yourself to Be the Best You Can Be

How to Push Yourself to Be the Best You Can Be

Are you feeling unmotivated in life? How can you push yourself so you can achieve anything you want? According to motivational speaker and trainer Tim Grover in his book Relentless, success comes from constant pressure on yourself. Pressuring yourself the right way can help you become a better leader and look at success in a different light. Let’s look at how to push yourself in the most productive and accomplished way possible.

How to Cultivate a Supportive Work Environment

How to Cultivate a Supportive Work Environment

Do you feel like your organization has a supportive work environment? What can you, as a leader, do to cultivate a supportive work culture in your organization? In a supportive work environment, employees feel that you see them as people, rather than mere assets to increase profits. In his book Leaders Eat Last, management theorist Simon Sinek suggests three strategies to strengthen your supportive environment and encourage trust and collaboration. Let’s explore Sinek’s strategies for cultivating a supportive environment in the workplace.

How to Make More Friends: Fake It Till You Make It

How to Make More Friends: Fake It Till You Make It

Do you find it difficult to make friends? What’s the key to making lots of friends? According to communications expert Leil Lowndes, the key to making friends with anyone is to pretend that you’re already close friends. Pretending to like others feels so good that it eventually turns into genuine affection. Here’s how to make more friends, according to Lowndes.

Front-Running Stocks: How Does It Work?

Front-Running Stocks: How Does It Work?

How does front-running stocks work? Why is the practice of front-running prohibited in the financial market? If you’re front-running stocks, you’re technically manipulating the market into giving you private or insider information. In Flash Boys, Michael Lewis goes into depth on the concept to educate readers on why it’s a dishonorable way of trading stocks. Here’s Lewis’s easy-to-understand breakdown of front-running stocks, including three versions of the practice that high-frequency (HF) firms and investors use.

How to Control Your Ego, According to Eckhart Tolle

The 25 Cognitive Biases: The Kruger Effect

What is the nature of the ego? What happens when we identify with the ego? How can we prevent the ego from keeping us trapped in mindlessness? The ego is preoccupied with superiority and self-image, always wanting more and better—such is its nature. When we overidentify with the ego, we are consumed with wanting, which traps us in a dysfunctional state of mindlessness. According to spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle, the only way to escape this state is to evolve our consciousness to a higher level—one where we are present in each moment rather than constantly wanting. He calls this state

3 Steps to Making Commitments & Keeping Them

3 Steps to Making Commitments & Keeping Them

What are you committed to? Do you need help sticking to your commitments? Tony Robbins provides three steps to making commitments in the context of personal finances. However, you can apply these principles to anything. His steps involve focus, whole-heartedness, and serendipity. Keep reading to learn why making commitments plays an important role not only in your finances but in your overall success in life.