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Three decades after the Fugees, @wyclef still blends genres and proves that the people who keep asking questions are the ones who stay in the room.
Meet the cover star of our Nov/Dec music issue:
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Goldman Sachs banker Galey Alix taught herself to DIY her home on weekends and posted the videos. She took a break from Instagram and came back to hundreds of thousands of followers. Then Martha Stewart followed her.
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A review of 20 studies with 2,601 people found healthy habits took a median of 59 to 66 days to form. Some took four days, some nearly a year. Pick two or three from our list of 75 and give them the time.
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Aloe Blacc has diamond-certified hits like "Wake Me Up," and he still calls music his hobby. He studied linguistics, worked at Ernst & Young and only went all in after a layoff. Now he's pointing his platform at cancer research.
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Frank X. Leyendecker painted this November 1907 SUCCESS cover when the automobile was still a novelty. Early adopters have always made great cover stories.
Waiting an hour to answer a hiring message so you don't seem too eager? A study of 11.7 million Fiverr hiring interactions found a one-hour delay cut the odds of being hired by 46%. Wait a day: about 90%.
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Shannon Litton was a former middle school teacher in her 20s when a boss starting a company offered her a big title and no paycheck yet. She said yes. Twenty-five years later, she leads acquisitions for an employee-owned firm, people first.
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A founder Matthew Ferry coached grew her company every year for nine years and still couldn't name one win without adding "but we should be further along." Her team felt it as a bar no one could clear. Ferry on why contentment fuels drive.
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In 2012, Amy Cosper's house was one of 250+ lost in Colorado's High Park Fire. She didn't miss a single deadline. Our editor-in-chief on finding out what you're capable of.
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When overwhelm hits, more effort rarely helps. Four leaders, including Kate Sheeran and Sue Hitzmann, share the single shifts that bring them back, from one slow breath to asking what actually moves the mission.
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Paul Graham's "founder mode" essay started a fight. The better question is which of your founder habits still serve you. Our checklist sorts 53 of them into keep, cut and adopt.
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Spend a few minutes on social media and success starts to look like someone else's life. The common traps: chasing validation, overidentifying with your career and comparing your path.
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Researchers analyzed 20+ years of data on 27,000-plus Americans over 50. Those who had worked as entrepreneurs had about a 10% lower risk of death, especially people who started a business by choice.
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Before Alo, Danny Harris and Marco DeGeorge spent years building an apparel manufacturing business. When yoga changed their lives, they paired it with what they already did well.
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Two months left in 2026. If a goal still reads like a wish, run it through the SMART test: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. Here's how to rewrite it.
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Research on GLP-1 drugs led scientists to the lateral septum, a brain region that seems to decide which urges get amplified before you notice them. Here's what that means for willpower and habits.
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Name your AI agent, give it a spot on the org chart, and managers may check its work less. A Boston University study found reviewers looked less carefully when the same output came from an AI “employee” rather than a tool.
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Jeff Duncan skipped college and became a VP of sales in four years. When the travel agency business started to wobble, he spotted the scalable piece, room-block management, and spun it off into Meetingmax. His guiding principle: always agile.
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The top producer gets promoted. Six months later, the team is flat and the new leader is exhausted. Matthew Ferry on why the instincts that win the promotion start working against you.
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November 1903, from the SUCCESS archives. J. Werner painted this Thanksgiving cover 123 years ago. Who are you thankful for this year?
Revenue is climbing, yet everything feels heavier. In a Scaling.com study, 59% of business leaders admitted they had mistaken being busy for making progress. Here's why growth adds drag.
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