Business Brilliant


Are You Ready to Become a Self-Made Success Story?

Business Brilliant author Lewis Schiff describes how he determined the seven behaviors that lead to wealth creation.  Read more

What's the Clear Roadmap to Prosperity?

For more than half a century, Americans could confidently follow a path to wealth. In this book excerpt, the author of Business Brilliant explains t...  Read more

Q & A with Lewis Schiff, the author of Business Brilliant

In the wake of the Great Recession, the formula for success in the new economy has changed, according to Lewis Schiff  Read more

6 People Who Determine Your Future

The most successful people in the world have a small, structured network of core contacts. Here's how you can, too.  Read more

5 Ways You Can Make Your Own Luck

The most successful people in the world say luck is a huge part of achievement. Here's how you can increase your odds.  Read more

Recent Business Brilliant Articles

Cure Your Work Addiction. Here's How

Unless you start delegating tasks you would normally trust only to yourself, you're doomed to keep running in place, headed for burnout.  Read more

Inventor Philippe Kahn on Audacity, Talent, and Luck

An email interview with the serial entrepreneur behind the technology inside the Jawbone Up fitness-tracking wristband.  Read more

7 Traits That Distinguish Super Successful People From Ordinary Ones

How'd Richard Branson, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett do so well? They lived according to these seven strategic, wealth-building principles.  Read more

Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

When it comes to how money is made, the middle-class and the self-made live in different worlds. When it comes to how they approach failure, the self-made mi...  Read more

7 Habits of the Ultra Wealthy

Is the secret to success hiding in plain sight? Here's what you need to know about getting ahead (that others don't).  Read more

Spread the Work, Spread the Wealth

Some of the most successful entrepreneurs begin their ventures with challenges that would stop most others. How do they do it? By building teams whose streng...  Read more

Why 'Win-Win' Negotiating Is the Surest Way You'll Lose

When it comes to deal-making, you should master this simple three-step strategy of the self-made wealthy instead.  Read more

FACT OR FICTION? It Takes Money to Make Money

Most people say they can't start a business because they don't have the capital. The self-made wealthy say that putting personal capital at risk is the last ...  Read more

Know-How is Good. "Know-Who" is Better

In this video, we learn from the grand master of money, Warren Buffett, why networks are just as important as knowledge.  Read more

Why Warren Buffett Stopped Investing the 'Warren Buffett Way'

The Oracle of Omaha got out of personal investing as fast as he could. Follow this logic and you could become a supreme success too.  Read more

Innovate vs. Imitate? The Biggest Successes Are Imitators

Most rags-to-riches stories are about the excellent execution of a simple idea. Successful people know this. Everyone else is still catching up.  Read more

It's Imitation, Not Innovation, That Leads to Success

The simple execution of a big idea. That's the secret to success, according to the self-made wealthy.  Read more

You Don't Get What You Deserve, You Get What You Negotiate

When it comes to the 'art of the deal,' most of us hope we get what we deserve. The self-made wealthy ask for the most they can get.  Read more

Turn Failures Into Stepping Stones: 5 Ways

Surely someone's told you to 'embrace failure' before. Here's what that means, actually, and how to do it.  Read more

While the Rest of Us Save, the Self-Made Earn More

There's financial security and then there's financial independence. The self-made know the difference.  Read more

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