From the Editor: Love and Work
Recently I got the news that my first boss in magazine publishing, Pat Miller, died after a battle with cancer. Pat was a Brit from Fleet Street, a friend of Rupert Murdoch, and when Murdoch started a woman’s magazine in America—something different, called New Woman—he tapped her for the job. The magazine became the moderate […]
From the Editor: ‘Tell Me I’m a Sucker’
Last week I got an email from my friend Maureen. The subject line read “Tell me I’m a sucker.” “I never click on Internet ads,” her email began. “I hate watching Internet videos, and I know infomercials are utter crap. So why am I jonesing to purchase this product?” Maureen issued me a warning before […]
From the Editor: Leading Like Google
I saw Linda Hill, Ph.D., speak at the World Business Forum and asked if I could interview her for SUCCESS. Hill is a professor of business and the faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School; she is also the co-author of the book Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. […]
From the Editor: Achievers “R” Us
The March 2015 issue of SUCCESS celebrates achievers, including you and me. As we were putting the issue together, it occurred to me that while I’ve had terrific mentors who shaped me as a leader, the hardest work I’ve ever done, I’ve done on my own. At certain crucial junctions, I had to be my […]
From the Editor: My Kind of Productive
When we first started talking about the February issue’s theme—productivity—I felt uneasy. So often, people who call themselves “experts” in this field appear to have hyperactive disorders. I’m sure you’ve seen the type at business conferences: They are endlessly enthusiastic extroverts who exhort you to keep your energy up, up, up, all day, like aerobics […]
Oprah & Deepak Challenged Me to 21 Days of Meditation—and I Won!
Have you been wondering if a bus hit me? It did, in the form of multiple houseguests, holiday prep, children’s crises (like big school projects you just learned about that are due tomorrow) and an immense work load at the office. But although it ultimately took me over six weeks to finish the month-long Meditation […]
Oprah & Deepak Challenged Me to 21 Days of Meditation: Week 2
OK, so now I’ve finished week two of the 21-day meditation challenge hosted by Oprah and Deepak Chopra. Clearly I am becoming wiser as I point my consciousness in the direction of my “deepest desires” and leave my often-childish sense of humor behind (hey, I just realized that if Oprah married Deepak, she’d be Oprah […]
Oprah & Deepak Challenged Me to 21 Days of Meditation—Want to Join Us?
Hello, dear readers, it’s Susan, your editor in chief of SUCCESS magazine. I’ve just finished week one of the Oprah & Deepak 21-Day Meditation Experience, and right off the bat, I need to tell you that meditation is a wonder drug. Yes, I said drug—it’s that potent. I am by trade a skeptic, but something […]
Is Your Fear Worth Fearing? How to Find Out
SUCCESS magazine is based in a northern suburb of Dallas—and I can read your mind: You’re thinking, “That’s ground zero for Ebola!” On a respected national news show this morning, a banner beneath the anchors’ desk screamed, “Ebola invades the U.S.!” Am I scared for myself and my family? Well, when it was reported that […]
Jim Collins: The Backstory
Jim Collins is a rock climber, as you may guess from the cover photo taken near his home in Boulder, Colo. In this issue of SUCCESS, which is all about risk, failure and rebounding, we knew Collins was our perfect cover model. Our reporter, John Ostdick, accompanied our creative director Carl Waters and photographer Jeff […]
Editor’s Note: January 2013 Issue
I have stood onstage arm in arm with Martha Stewart as cameras flashed. I have chatted with her at a book party for a mutual friend. But I have never cooked with Stewart, the honor bestowed on Susan Young, who wrote our cover feature. And here’s the great back story behind it: Martha Stewart is a […]
Marissa Mayer vs. Me
Okay, that headline was a trick to get you to read this post. Our contributing editor Chris Brogan,