Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The IKEA effect explains why many entrepreneurs overvalue struggle. Because effort creates emotional attachment, many founders unconsciously associate struggle with value. Many entrepreneurs spend years training their nervous system to associate pressure with progress, so they recreate complexity, resist systems or keep overworking even after the business no longer needs it. A business should challenge you and demand growth from you, but never require you to permanently live in survival mode to justify its existence. It should expand your life rather than swallowing it whole. In 2011, behavioral scientists Michael…
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If you’ve ever felt utterly cramped on a plane, United has good news. On Tuesday, the airline announced it’s adding a new seating arrangement to a row on its Economy Plus cabin that aims to give passengers a more comfortable experience. In general, you’ll probably feel lucky if you end up in a row with only two passengers. Now, you don’t have to leave it to chance. The new design is one that transforms the row’s middle seat into a shared table, giving passengers a bit more wiggle room, not to mention elbow space. Passengers can use the permanently-fixed table…
IBM is in free fall. As of this writing, shares of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) are currently down more than 23%. The reason? The hardware and software giant released a preliminary earnings report that warned its Q2 will come in below expectations when the official report comes out next week. It’s a shortfall that’s being caused by the AI boom. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Today, IBM issued a preliminary Q2 2026 earnings report warning investors that it expects revenue will be lower than previously expected. Its final Q2 numbers are expected with its ordinary…
Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory.Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and intimidate independent media outlets.“The subpoenas are an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations, and have a chilling effect on the work of journalists across the country,” said Jodie Ginsberg of the Committee to Protect Journalists.Media advocates and analysts expressed…
Key Takeaways Michael Cherry won a gold medal in track and field at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Now the 30-year-old track star is the owner of a paint and sip studio, Painting with a Twist, in Chesapeake, Virginia. Since taking ownership of the studio in October, he has reversed a revenue decline and generated more than $168,000 in revenue. Olympic gold medalist Michael Cherry, 30, is accustomed to hard work paying off. Cherry qualified for his first Olympics in Tokyo in 2020, competing in both the men’s 400 meters and men’s 4 x 400 meters relay. He won gold…
I’m genuinely proud when we commit to something at the start of the month and deliver by the deadline. People take on-time delivery for granted. In most client relationships, on-time delivery is treated as a baseline expectation or the floor rather than the ceiling. What I’ve found after years of running software delivery is that it’s one of the hardest things to do consistently, and one of the least examined aspects of client trust. Only 34% of organizations manage to deliver projects on time, according to 2024 research by Wellingtone, a UK-based project management consultancy. Two out of every three…
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. My brain’s nearly melting in this ongoing heat wave. To avoid the temptation to outsource my thinking to AI, I’m pushing in the opposite direction. How can I use AI to challenge me to think more, not less? Read on for five tactics I’m leaning on to avoid cognitive surrender when my brain’s overheating. 1. Challenge Me, Don’t Praise Me The Tactic: Use AI as an intellectual sparring partner. Explore alternative perspectives. Ask an AI assistant: How might someone from X or Y…
In a recent opinion piece for Fast Company, I wrote about five qualities that will distinguish exceptional leaders in the age of artificial intelligence: IQ, EQ, TQ, WQ, and VQ. Intelligence Quotient helps us understand. Emotional Quotient helps us connect. Trust Quotient helps us build relationships. Work Ethic Quotient helps us execute. Vision Quotient helps us see around corners. After the piece was published, I found myself wrestling with a different question: The Five Quotients help explain capability. But what explains choice? What causes someone to use those gifts in the first place? Why do some people see possibility where others see obstacles?…
If you want to understand why so many of our industrial giants are in trouble, you could do worse than study what is happening right now in Wolfsburg, Germany. Per The Wall Street Journal, Volkswagen’s leadership is reportedly weighing the most drastic restructuring in the company’s 89-year history: eliminating up to 100,000 jobs (roughly one in six global employees), winding down production at four German plants, and slashing investment by 15%. The unions have promised to fight it “with all our might.” Shares of the automaker’s stock are trading at low levels not seen in 16 years. China, once VW’s…
Senator Adam Schiff says he will force Republicans to vote again on ending the war with Iran following the collapse of the ceasefire. That may be politically inconvenient for Republicans, but the constitutional question is not complicated. Congress never authorized this war in the first place. The Hill reports that Schiff is introducing another War Powers Resolution intended to terminate American involvement in the conflict. He stated that the war has increased costs for Americans and described it as an unlawful “war of choice.” This comes after the United States resumed major strikes against Iran when the temporary ceasefire collapsed.…