Leadership

What Is a 'Leadership Platform,' and Why Is It Important?

What Is a ‘Leadership Platform,’ and Why Is It Important?

by guest blogger Madeline Bell, President and CEO of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Every leader, whether leading four or four thousand, needs a platform—a set of values for which he or she is (or will become) known. As a leader, a leadership platform drives the culture of your team or department or organization; […]

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Finding Gratitude in Hard Times

Finding Gratitude in Hard Times

Sometimes life seems overwhelming and hard. Terrorist attacks, economic woes, personal problems—you name it, we all have our list of trials and tribulations. It’s in these difficult moments that it’s hardest to feel grateful. But it’s also in these moments that feeling grateful is most important. For me, it has been a challenging few months. […]

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The Most Powerful Exercise You'll Ever Do for Yourself

The Most Powerful Exercise You’ll Ever Do for Yourself

by guest blogger Lewis Howes, author of The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy Creating your Perfect Day Itinerary (PDI) may be one of the most powerful exercises you ever do, so make it count. I’ve coached many wandering entrepreneurs through this exercise, and most of […]

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17 Positive Habits That Will Change Your Life

17 Positive Habits That Will Change Your Life

by guest blogger Lewis Howes, author of The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” That old Greek understood how important positive habits are to overcoming adversity and enduring the […]

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8 Principles to Create Greatness in Your Life

8 Principles to Create Greatness in Your Life

by guest blogger Lewis Howes, author of The School of Greatness: A Real-World Guide to Living Bigger, Loving Deeper, and Leaving a Legacy As a competitive athlete, I’ve spent my life focusing on my body and its performance. Something I didn’t understand until the past few years, however, was how much my athletic ability was […]

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5 Keys to Success at Rodale

5 Keys to Success at Rodale

The inspiration for this post is the new employee orientation program we’ve started at Rodale Inc, Get Rooted at Rodale. To kick the program off, I was asked to share my five keys to finding success while working at Rodale. After writing them out, I thought it would be good to share them with everyone—including employees […]

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Welcome to Rodale Intern Week!

Welcome to Rodale Intern Week!

Lettering illustration by Jessica Kusuma, Prevention editorial intern Every summer, I get the chance to meet with all of the new Rodale interns, and they get to ask me anything they want. I do it once in New York with our “city” interns and once in Pennsylvania with our “country” interns. It’s always one of […]

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The Already-Colored-In Coloring Book

The Already-Colored-In Coloring Book

by guest blogger Jacob Lief, cofounder and CEO of Ubuntu Education Fund and author of I Am Because You Are: How the Spirit of Ubuntu Inspired an Unlikely Friendship and Transformed a Community (cowritten with Andrea Thompson; Rodale Books), from which the essay below is adapted In late 2001, my organization, Ubuntu Education Fund—a nonprofit […]

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