Bryan Collins
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How To Successfully Build Your Personal Brand
A personal brand is a tangible career asset, but it’s about more than acquiring a certain amount of website traffic, email subscribers and reaching a revenue goal. Building a personal brand starts with understanding who your audience is, what they want and how you can help them. → Read More
7 Great Business Books You Must Read
Here are seven great business books that can help entrepreneurs and leaders at all stages of their careers. → Read More
5 Characteristics Of Successful, Productive Entrepreneurs
What do top entrepreneurs have in common? Over the past two years, I’ve interviewed entrepreneurs across a wide variety of disciplines. → Read More
Why Meditation Will Help You Become A Better Leader
Can meditation help you become more creative? Will this practice also improve your leadership skills? Dr. Megan Jones Bell says yes. She's chief science officer at Headspace, the company behind the popular meditation app of the same name. → Read More
How To Figure Out When And Where You’re Most Creative
What time should you write, draw, paint or compose? → Read More
How To Get Motivated When You Feel Hopelessly Stuck
Perhaps, despite months of hard work, a business idea you once felt passionate about isn’t taking off. Or maybe you feel overwhelmed by the volume of tasks and choices you face each day and can’t… → Read More
Science Reveals The Traits Every Leader Must Cultivate
Does the perfect or complete leader exist? Famous CEOs over the years include Steve Jobs of Apple, Jack Welch of General Motors and more recently Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. → Read More
7 Top Tips For Conquering Procrastination Once And For All
Several studies show regulating your emotions will help you manage moments of procrastination. → Read More
12 Reasons You Ran Out Of Time At Work
Nobody likes falling behind on a big project and letting their boss, colleagues, customers or clients down. If you find yourself chronically playing catch-up, it's time to reevaluate why this keeps happening. → Read More
Advice To The Chronic Procrastinator
You've put off a project for weeks. You haven't started on the big presentation. And a 10,000-word report is due next week. Instead of wondering why you delay important work or berating yourself for laziness, acknowledge the role procrastination plays at work. → Read More
Why You Should Manage Your Day By Energy Level
Many of us approach work defensively. We wait until something pops up that we'd rather not deal with before taking action. Or we rely on our inboxes or calendar to set the tone of the work day. → Read More
Stop Trying To Cram So Much Work Into A Single Day
Multitasking isn’t just a productivity-killer, it’s a recipe for unfocused and fragmented work. Focusing on a single project for an extended period is a skill that requires cultivation. → Read More
This Unusual Greek Word Reveals The Secret To Finding Happiness At Work
What does it mean to be happy? And can you find happiness at work? Searching for an answer, ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed the concept of eudaimonia. It means to live well or flourish as a human being. → Read More
Here's What Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Becoming An Author
Are you considering writing a book to build your business? Or perhaps you're like the 81% of Americans who want to write a book? For some, writing a book is a creative pursuit. For others, it’s a means of growing a business. → Read More
Forget Mornings. Here's What A Productive Evening Routine Looks Like.
It's fun riffing about the perfect morning routine for entrepreneurs. But did you know the perfect morning starts the night before? If you get your evening routine right, you can switch off from work or business and recharge. → Read More
How To Get Motivated For Work Even When You Feel Stuck
Have you lost your motivation? Perhaps, despite months of hard work, a business idea you once felt passionate about isn’t taking off. Or maybe you feel overwhelmed by the volume of tasks and choices you face each day and can’t gain momentum on your personal or professional projects. → Read More
4 Brutal Truths About Early Mornings Few Are Willing To Admit
What time do you get up? It's popular these days to cite the benefits of rising early to exercise, work on a side business, write and pursue your ambitions before dawn. It was popular years ago too. → Read More
Thinking Of Turning Your Side-Hustle Into A Full-Time Gig?
Are you considering quitting your job to work in your business full time? You might not have to burn the boats or go beyond the point of no return just yet. → Read More
How To Discover When You're Most And Least Productive
n my early twenties, I liked working on freelance writing projects late at night. These days, perhaps because I have three small kids, I prefer getting up before them to work on my main task for the day. I even get a kick out of following people on Instagram who celebrate rising before the sun. → Read More
Yes, Playing Video Games Will Help You Become More Productive
In a now famous essay, Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham argues for dividing between maker and manager time. Productive entrepreneurs use the former to attend to business and the latter for deep work, like writing or coding. But what does this practice look like? → Read More