This article examines playwright Eugene O’Neill’s impact on American theater.
Category Archives: Chasing Success
7 Methods To Overcome Your Fear of Failure
Entrepreneur Faisal Hoque gives advice on how to get past the fear of failing.
Three of the Best-Kept Secrets for College Success
This article provides advice on how to succeed in college from people who went on to pursue a variety of career paths after their education.
Michael Lewis on Princeton Speech: I Aimed To Give Something Unexpected
In a follow-up to his 2012 speech at Princeton University’s graduation ceremony, author Michael Lewis discusses success and luck with NewsHour journalist Jeffrey Brown in this video.
Luck and Skill Untangled: The Science of Success
Science writer Samuel Arbesman and financial analyst Michael Mauboussin discuss the relationship between skill and luck and how it affects success.
Moving Innovation in Education Forward
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presents an initiative to foster innovation in the educational system.
How a bunch of government space geeks at NASA won the internet
Read how NASA has successfully built a social media campaign and reignited interest in space programs.
12 Immigrants Who Came To America With Nothing And Made A Fortune
Read about 12 immigrants who achieved their American dreams.
Does Success Breed Success?
In a 2014 study, a sociology research team at the State University of New York at Stony Brook found that one initial success leads to more success in the future.
The Great Myth of Success
In this column, Inc. editor John Brandon offers an alternative framework to the definition of success.
Personality Matters More Than Intelligence at School
An Australian psychologist conducted a study on how personality and academic performance are linked and found some surprising answers.
Good Art Is Popular Because It’s Good. Right?
In an effort to find out why certain pieces of art are successful, a Princeton professor designed a study that concluded that chance has a lot to do with it.
Eugene O’Neill Biography
Over the course of his career, Nobel Prize-winning writer Eugene O’Neill used his struggles as inspiration for his moving plays. Read about his life in this biography.
6 Signs You’re Sacrificing Too Much for Success
In this article, John Brandon looks at the ways entrepreneurs may be able to tell that they are spending too much time at workâor thinking about work.
3 Keys to Success: Provide Value to Your Network
In this brief article, Lewis Howes gives three tips for providing value to your social network and, in return, making it more useful in your own success.
Looking Back in Anger: Jamaica Kincaid
This profile explores the roots of Jamaica Kincaid’s success as a writer.
Have Sports Teams Brought Down America’s Schools?
Why are American students falling behind those of most other developed nations? The author of this blog entry argues that one important reason is the popularity of our high school athletic programs.
Teenage Stress
Students should be encouraged to work hard at school. But at what point does the pressure to succeed become counterproductive?
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success
Finland has one of the most successful education systems in the world, whereas the United States remains mired in the middle. What is Finland doing differently, and why aren’t we trying it?