To succeed in life, people normally ask “what’s in it for me.” In fact, I tried “what’s in it for me?” for a lot of years, but nobody was really interested. They were all interested in themselves.

But the most successful people I know aren’t takers — they’re givers. And when I tried to follow their lead, I discovered an amazing trick:

Stop keeping score.

Inevitably in life, a certain level of success will mean embracing the necessity of saying no. I think we all know this. But when and to what do we get to say yes? That's what we cover in this week's podcast.

In this episode of The Portfolio Life, best-selling woman's author Lysa Terkeurst shares with me her story of learning to say no and how it led to her eventually getting to say "yes" to the best things.

Jeff Goins shares thoughts and ideas that will help you to pursue work that matters, make a difference with your art and discover your true voice!

This essay is an unedited excerpt from my upcoming book, The Art of Work, which comes out next March. Here are three stories about unfinished projects and what they can teach us.

Every artist faces the ultimate insufficiency of her work. Every worker, if he is wise, knows the limits of his labor. So what good, then, is it to pursue a calling if the pursuit will end in disappointment?

Recently, I heard that the word literally no longer means what it used to mean. This bothers me, but that's the way language goes -- it's always evolving. In this week's podcast, we discuss the constant state of flux in the writing world and how to survive the changes.

At 19 years old, David Molnar had plans. But in one moment, a horrible car accident turned his world upside down.

His college athletic scholarship, his dream to be an airline pilot? Gone. He had to find a Plan B.

We all want to do big things with our lives, but the truth is that change, both good and bad, happens over time. It's something practiced gradually.

The path to becoming a full time writer isn’t always a straight one. Sometimes your career will wind through a maze of experience. Are you determined enough to persevere?

In this interview, I talk with New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned speaker Andy Andrews about his new novel, The Noticer Returns.

We also talk about what it takes to tell a great story and why we all need a little more perspective.

Andy Andrews has been called "one of the most influential people in America."

When asked what we want out of life, many of us respond with a simple answer: “I want to be happy.” But what we often don't realize is what we need to actually transform our lives.

Have you ever taken a moment to clarify what being “happy” means to you? What if there were actionable steps that you could take to day to reach it? That's the very question that sent Gretchen Rubin on her journey.