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This time of year, goal-setting becomes a bit of a cliche. That's because we're doing it wrong. How our goals can help us learn who we are, and what we're capable of.

Negotiating is not about sealing the deal, but framing the optimal relationship. Sometimes that's impossible. When you start negotiating—to hire someone, to put a partnership together—it's human nature to want to seal the deal

Negotiating is not about sealing the deal, but framing the optimal relationship. Sometimes that's impossible

Three brothers founded Webs, which ranked on the Inc. 5000 in 2009 after experiencing 177 percent growth. Vistaprint, the office supply company that caters to very small businesses, will acquire digital marketing company Webs.com for $117.5 million, the companies announced today

Peering through a microscope at a plate of cells one day, Ralph M.

It may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but this virtual pinboard service is attracting plenty of eyeballs.

It may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but this virtual pinboard service is attracting plenty of eyeballs. Here's how to make it work for you. One social site has captured the attention of the masses recently...

Your "on the street" employees can be an important resource for business-building ideas. It’s crazy to think that all great ideas need to come from you or from your top managers. Chances are, your employees who are your “feet on the street” know more about your customers than you might

Your "on the street" employees can be an important resource for business-building ideas. It’s crazy to think that all great ideas need to come from you or from your top managers. Chances are, your employees who are your “feet on the street” know more about your customers than you might.

“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count.

“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years,” as the quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln goes. Although we humans have never been satisfied with the biblical allotment of threescore and ten, neither do we want to extend our life span only to pass the time in a decrepit state

If logic had anything to do with it, One Kings Lane , the online shop with daily deals on luxe home furnishings, wouldn’t have made it beyond a friendly conversation about the dearth of destinations to shop for décor between founders Alison Pincus and Susan Feldman. In 2009, U.S. home prices were in free-fall and foreclosures hit record highs as delinquent loans piled up

These simple strategies will keep you energized through the holidays and well into the new year. It's getting toward the end of the year, so with the holidays in sight, I thought it appropriate to give you all a little gift: a column that I guarantee will make you more more successful in the coming year. Here are 14 quick strategies to get and keep yourself motivated: 1.