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• Priority 1: Stop the Chaos.
  Priority 2: Live with Purpose.
  Erin Casey - Friday, August 20, 2010 16:56 - 1 Comment

  I’m a serious student of time management. I was hooked the first time I attended a Franklin-Covey seminar—I was 23. Using a system that included life planning (not just a calendar), I was able to get more done without feeling so scattered.

  But since then, “more” has turned into a lot more. And it’s not just my stuff that that I have to keep track of… it’s my kids, my husband, work, school, writing deadlines, travel schedules, etc. Keeping everything organized in one online calendar helps, but the warning light on my mental-stress indicator was flashing OVERLOAD on a regular basis.

  So it’s no wonder that the title of Patrick Lencioni’s book The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family caught my attention. Frantic is exactly how I felt. Maybe Lencioni and his book could offer some guidance for getting back to that not-so-scattered state.

  It’s ironic that the day I was to interview Patrick Lencioni on the topic of frantic families, I realized I had a schedule conflict; I had to pick up my oldest son from driver’s ed. Lencioni was able to push the meeting back by 20 minutes, and when he called I was ready with my first question: Is frantic simply a way of life for today’s busy families, or is there a better way?

• My Secret Productivity Weapon Against a Roller-Coaster Day
  Amy Anderson - Friday, August 6, 2010 15:20 - 9 Comments

  by Amy Anderson
  Managing Editor
  Okay, so the fact that I scribbled the letter “B” on the back of my hand to remind myself to write this blog entry today should tell you just how much I need productivity strategies. I have a friend who jokes that my mind is like a steel sieve. That’s not a [...]

• The Stuff of Legends: What sports greats are truly made of
  Lisa Ocker - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 16:34 - 1 Comment

  As I sit down to write, I imagine our contributing editor Don Yaeger on assignment: Deep in South Louisiana, he’s swatting mosquitoes in the swelter of this July afternoon. He’s sweating. Every once in a while, he has to stomp a foot to keep a fire ant from climbing up his sock. And he’s loving every minute.

• Working for the Hometown Paper: Lessons in Accountability and What Really Matters
  Lisa Ocker - Friday, June 25, 2010 10:00 - 2 Comments

  I remember Walter Cronkite saying the best training you could get as a reporter was at your hometown paper, where you better spell your neighbors’ names right or risk getting punched in the nose. I started my journalism career 28 years ago at my hometown paper, The Baytown Sun, on the upper Gulf Coast of Texas.

• Behind the Scenes: Entrepreneur, Designer, Philanthropist Kenneth Cole
  Amy Anderson - Thursday, June 10, 2010 17:22 - 0 Comments

  During my interview with Kenneth Cole in his Manhattan offices for our July cover story, three things happened that didn’t make it into the article but told me more about Kenneth Cole as a person than many of the answers he gave me.

• Direct Marketing Guru Stan Rapp, well, Raps with SUCCESS Editors
  Sandra Bienkowski - Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:00 - 0 Comments

  Hailed as a direct marketing legend by Advertising Age and Direct Marketing News, Stan Rapp sat down with us at the SUCCESS office, just outside Dallas. We were about to talk about direct marketing in the digital age, but first we discovered this wasn’t his first encounter with SUCCESS.

• Let’s talk money.
  Deborah Heisz - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 16:39 - 1 Comment

  Money and time. The two topics most people avoid are the ones we’re tackling head-on in our February issue. Most of us struggle with time and money at some point, whether it’s learning to manage our schedules, setting up a plan for retirement or just trying to get out of debt.

  We at SUCCESS magazine believe [...]

• We’re giving 2010 a kick-start.
  Deborah Heisz - Thursday, December 31, 2009 14:24 - 0 Comments

  Welcome to the first issue of SUCCESS for the year 2010! We are excited to have you with us as we kick-start a fantastic year of personal growth and achievement.

  In our editorial planning meeting a few months ago, we started brainstorming ideas for this January issue. What we discovered was that, while we each have [...]

• You are part of our family.
  Deborah Heisz - Thursday, November 5, 2009 11:05 - 0 Comments

  Ever wonder what it takes to get SUCCESS magazine into your hands each month? Well, welcome to the first edition of the Editor’s Blog, where I’ll be giving you a peek at what goes on behind the scenes and into each issue. Our editors, writers, copy editors, photographers, designers and production artists work hard to [...]