Jim Rohn – You Can’t Blame Everything

Jim Rohn talks about the importance of your own philosophy and how to turn the things in your life into value and equity.

Zig Ziglar – Evaluate Where You Are

Zig Ziglar believes that too often people don’t sit back and evaluate where are they at in terms of getting what they want out of life. In order to have success in life, Ziglar stresses that we must strive for balance. Too often, people assume that wealth is the number one indication of a successful person when, in fact, in today’s world wealth hangs by a thread if a person lacks security. Security is affected by health and peace of mind, which in turn can affect friendship and family relations. Success is not just about wealth.

Starbucks: It’s Not About The Coffee

People-centered approach has been integral to Starbucks from the start and remains so today. In this video, Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks Coffee Company International, discusses the importance of knowing who you are, building trust, facing challenges, listening for the truth, taking responsibility, saying yes, and daring to dream.

Ryan Blair – “Philosophies from the Jail Cell to the Boardroom”

Ryan Blair was the youngest of six siblings, raised by a single mother, after leaving the household of an abusive father. Being the youngest of the six, it was easy for Blair to see the darkest side of life before he was old enough to make his own decisions. Though things looked more than bleak at times, there was always a hope that remained — when coupled with a spirit that was willing to work, opportunity developed. This same spirit has led him to millionaire status before the age of 30.

Guy Kawasaki on Why He’s a Justin Bieber Fan

The business guru talks about the power of marketing.

Craig McCaw: Pioneer in the Cellular Phone Industry

When Craig was still a sophomore in college, his father died, leaving a heavy burden of debt and taxes. Over the next few years, Craig’s accountant mother was forced to liquidate all of Mr. McCaw’s holdings except for one cable service in Centralia, Washington which had been left to the boys in trust. After graduating from Stanford, Craig borrowed money against the Centralia system to buy other small cable operations in remote areas. He improved programming, raised rates, and cut costs. In the next few years, Craig’s strategy for the cable TV operation paid off: while revenues quadrupled, the cash flow from operations grew eight-fold.

Only People Who Sleep Don’t Take Risks

John Willard Marriott Biography

Marriott was born into a household poor enough to know that success is never final. No matter how hard he worked, or how much he wanted something to work, the only thing Marriott could be assured of was that change was going to come. To that end, Marriott learned early on how to use that change to his advantage. He did it by focusing on innovation.

Shopping For Success: How Sinegal Took Costco to the Top

The average customer visits their local Costco 22 times a year. The company has become one of the largest in the U.S., with 473 outlets and more than $50 billion in sales, and is also the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world. Its founder and CEO, Jim Sinegal, has been called the Sam Walton of the 21st century for his low-key style and seeming defiance of all things Wall Street. But, whether investors like him or not, America – and much of the rest of the world – has fallen in love with his discount depots.

Finding Success in the Great Outdoors: L.L. Bean

For the first 39 years of his life, few people ever thought that Leon Leonwood Bean would amount to much. He floated from one undistinguished job to the next, and had little in the way of formal education. Instead, Bean was a young man happy to retreat to the woods, whiling away his time hunting and trapping instead of reading books. But it was Bean’s love of nature that would eventually become what is today a thriving multimillion dollar business. Named one of the Wall Street Journals Top Ten Entrepreneurs of the 20th century, Bean turned his passion into the internationally successful outdoor clothing and equipment company L.L. Bean.