If I could put one thing on a billboard it would be this: Don't. Work. Hard. The lie we've been sold is that if we just work hard enough,...

Taking an entrepreneurial journey is a unique blend of exhilaration and challenge, especially for solopreneurs and small business owners....

By Mike Pietrzak “I need to rest, but I feel guilty taking a break... Every time I stop “doing”, I feel this unease and within a couple...

By Mike Pietrzak Author’s note: This is an updated version of 2021s guide, which generated a flood of positive comments. It’s packed with...

By Mike Pietrzak Author Steven Kotler has been stalking me. No, not in person, but all over my social media feed. His Instagram ads tell...

—By Mike Pietrzak One year ago I put myself through the odyssey of Tony Robbins’ Business Mastery, and on this anniversary I'm sharing my...

by Mike Pietrzak I read a Facebook comment yesterday that went something like, “It amazes me, all these coaches who get up on stage...

Let's swim, dad! I turned 40 last month and have been eagerly anticipating my turn to jump on the “x pieces of wisdom at age x”...

Originally published at success.com on August 11, 2021. Problems never stop. To be alive means constant challenges, big and small. Life’s...

Originally published at success.com on May 20, 2021. In 2015 I devoured Tim Ferriss’s 4-Hour Workweek and fell so deeply in love with the...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on December 30, 2020. We made it through 2020! Grab some bubbly, one of those leftover...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on December 1, 2020. Author’s note: This is an updated version of 2020’s guide, which...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on July 13, 2020. When’s the best time to quit smoking or start a new exercise routine?...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on May 26, 2020. Five frogs are sitting on a log and four decide to jump off. How many...

This article originally appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Picture this. On Friday morning you rush to the hospital...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on March 16, 2020. The solution to every problem you’ve ever had is written in a book...

Originally published at success.com on January 1st, 2020. “You need to start smoking again.” That was the most sincere, heartfelt advice...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on November 19, 2019. My wife is one of these effortless optimists who’s happiest working...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on August 28, 2019 I play with pickaxes, swords and chickens. You see, I’m a gamer. At...

Originally published at https://www.success.com on June 18, 2019. On a wet Saturday morning in 2011, I dragged myself into the election...