Elevating Figures

Nathan Barry -  Nathan Barry started working as a freelance designer. However, it wasn’t long before he realized that he wanted to create his own products and build his own [...]
--> Nathan Barry: An Interview on Creativity

Mark Bozeman -  Mark Bozeman is a teacher, poet, and philosopher who brings together the gentle insight of Taoism and the earthy wisdom of Henry David Thoreau into practical guidance [...]
--> Mark Bozeman: Author Interview, Books & Impact

Donna McGeorge -  Donna McGeorge is an author and a global authority on productivity. She is passionate about enhancing the time we spend in our workplace to ensure it is effective and [...]
--> Donna McGeorge: Make Better Use of Your Time

Richard Oelberger -  Richard Oelberger, PhD is an author, psychologist, and performance consultant who brings his depth of knowledge, along with his unique understanding of individual [...]
--> Richard Oelberger: Awaken the Hero Within

Karen Kinney -  Karen Kinney is the author of two books, a visual artist, freelance writer, and teacher living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Can you please share a few words about [...]
--> Karen Kinney: Doorways to Transformation

Patrick King -  Patrick King is a human relationships researcher that seeks to understand and dissect all interpersonal dynamics. He focuses on using his emotional intelligence and [...]
--> Patrick King: Read People Like a Book

Jennifer Guttman -  Jennifer Guttman, a doctor of Clinical Psychology practicing for 20 years launched a motivational brand platform Sustainable Life Satisfaction ® with an Audible [...]
--> Jennifer Guttman: Sustainable Satisfaction

Rolf Potts -  Rolf Potts is the author of five books about travel, including Vagabonding (Random House, 2003), and The Vagabond’s Way (Ballantine, 2022). Rolf has reported from more [...]
--> Rolf Potts: An Interview on Vagabonding

Adam Hergenrother -  Adam Hergenrother is a serial entrepreneur, spiritual seeker, and author whose work bridges high-level business performance with deep inner growth. As founder and CEO of [...]
--> Adam Hergenrother | Bio, Books & Impact

James Clear -  Why settle for average when you can be so much more? James Clear, an entrepreneur, weightlifter, and travel photographer, believes that ordinary people can do [...]
--> James Clear: An Interview on Becoming Better

Rebeccah Silence -  Rebeccah Silence was named the 2022 REDx Magazine Top Emotional Health and Relationship Coach for helping people heal from heartbreak, become aware of traumas, [...]
--> Rebeccah Silence: Coming Back to Life

Chris Guillebeau -  What would it be like to live life according to your own rules, following your own path, forging your own way? Chris Guillebeau has done this his entire life. The author [...]
--> Chris Guillebeau: An Interview on Deep Freedom

AJ Leon -  AJ Leon used to be an unremarkably average financial executive in Manhattan until December, 2007, the day he decided to stop living the life he was supposed to live, and [...]
--> AJ Leon: Living the Life Your Are Destined to Live

Lark Dean Galley -  In 2019, Lark experienced a devastating loss—the unexpected suicide of her 19-year-old son. Having already endured her father’s suicide five years earlier, this [...]
--> Lark Dean Galley: Choosing to Heal After Losing a Loved One to Suicide

Sarajane Case -  Sarajane Case is a trained Enneagram teacher, author of the popular self-help book The Honest Enneagram and Host of the Enneagram & Coffee Podcast. She helps people [...]
--> Sarajane Case: Own Your Challenges, Embrace Your Growth

Dani Heinrich -  When Dani Heinrich hit the road with her partner in 2010, she had no long-term travel funds, plans, or expertise — nothing but an unstoppable drive to explore the [...]
--> Becoming a Location Independent Globetrotter

Ankur Warikoo -  Ankur Warikoo is the author of Do Epic Shit. He is also an entrepreneur and content creator whose deep, witty and brutally honest thoughts on success and failure, money [...]
--> Ankur Warikoo: An Interview on Deep Purpose

Steve Beauchamp -  Steve Beauchamp is the author of Always Improving: Lessons from the samurai, a certified Ikigai Coach, a lover of adventure & nature, and a continuous improvement [...]
--> Steve Beauchamp: Always Improving

Jennifer Cassetta -  Jennifer Cassetta is a nationally recognized motivational speaker, empowerment coach, and the author of The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo With Wisdom of the Dojo. [...]
--> Jennifer Cassetta: Unleash Your Mojo With Wisdom of the Dojo.

Darius Foroux -  Darius Foroux is the author of 7 books, including Think Straight, Do It Today, and Win Your Inner Battles. He writes about productivity, business, and wealth building. [...]
--> Darius Foroux: An Interview on Meaningful Work

Pandit Dasa -  Pandit Dasa is a keynote speaker, mindfulness expert, author and former monk. Pandit is the author of Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine and [...]
--> Pandit Dasa: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine

Donna Lee Humble -  Donna Lee Humble is founder of bioSynergy Better Health, creator of the “Higher Self Care Series”, Author, Holistic Wellness Practitioner and Coach, and [...]
--> Donna Lee Humble: Seek, Not for Love

Todd Henry -  Todd Henry is the author of six books, an international speaker and advisor, and the host of The Accidental Creative podcast. With more than fifteen million downloads, [...]
--> Todd Henry: The Accidental Creative

Echo Bodine -  Echo Bodine is a spiritual teacher and the author of How to Live a Happily Ever Afterlife. She has appeared on numerous national television shows, including Sally Jesse [...]
--> Echo Bodine: How to Live a Happily Ever Afterlife

Natalie Sisson -  Suitcase entrepreneur, Natalie Sisson, has made it her passion to help adventurous people run their life from anywhere. Having traveled to 63 countries and owning [...]
--> Natalie Sisson: Living Life Without Boundaries

Tim Ferris -  A recent commercial by an electronic brand says doers are a rare species. Though the line initially comes across as an appreciable attempt at a dramatic production, on [...]
--> Tim Ferris: The Human Guinea Pig

Corbett Barr -  Every child is encouraged to pick out a role model so they he / she has some person to look up to when motivation is required to keep pushing ahead in life. There is, [...]
--> Corbett Barr: Rewriting The Rules

Pat Flynn -  When you find yourself taking a hard blow from life, you have the power to choose from two options – to get up and make the most of what you have, or to wallow in [...]
--> Pat Flynn: Income The Smart Way

Tammy Camp -  Reading the biographies of various prominent personalities, dead or alive, you might have written off their successes as mere serendipities. “He just got lucky that [...]
--> Tammy Camp: Lara Croft of the Web

Steve Pavlina -  When you hit a low, you are faced with two options: you can either choose to be depressed or rebellious and waste yourself, or you can choose to pull up your socks and [...]
--> Steve Pavlina: Personal Development For Smart People

Farnoosh Brock -  What does success mean? Farnoosh Brock was a picture of American success. She emigrated from Iran at a young age with her family and pursued an education in electrical [...]
--> Farnoosh Brock: Redefining What is Possible

Ari Meisel -  When Ari Meisel was diagnosed with a severe case of the incurable digestive ailment known as Crohn’s disease, he quickly found himself in the hospital and soon [...]
--> Ari Meisel: More with Less

Marcus Meurer -  What does success have to do with 6 pieces of T-shirts and strict morning routine? Who has this big vision of empowering people to live on their own terms? It’s Marcus [...]
--> Marcus Meurer: The Digital Nomad Revolution

Nikki and Jason Wynn -  Nikki and Jason Wynn have been traveling around the US with two cats…in an RV, no less. They worked hard for a living for ten years and saved up their money for a [...]
--> Nikki Wynn: Letting Go of the American Dream

Shannon O'Donnell -  World travel isn’t just about what you get from the experience of other cultures; it’s also about what you give as a global citizen. Through her own travel [...]
--> Making International Travel and Volunteering a Reality

Thomas Frank -  If anyone were to pick up Thomas Frank’s “resume”, they could easily think that he has lived a full life and is heading toward retirement. With a list of [...]
--> Thomas Frank: Living to the Fullest

Brad Swift -  Twenty Five years ago, Dr. Brad Swift appeared successful from the outside, with a thriving business, a spacious home, and family and friends who adored him. In the [...]
--> Living on Purpose

Mike “Ambassador” Bruny -  How important are social skills in the world of business? Networking has been a buzz phrase for some time now, but can such skills really take you from nowhere to [...]
--> Leveraging the Power of Social Skills

Matt Langdon -  Matt Langdon has found his life’s passion being a hero who helps to contrstruct heros. From a young man living in Australia taking a computer science program and [...]
--> Matt Langdon: Constructing Heroes

Michael Bungay Stanier -  We live in a world where ‘being busy’ is a a badge of honor, where being productive every minute of the day is a virtue. But when did being busy become a [...]
--> Michael Stanier: Doing More Great Work

Audrey Scott -  Have you ever asked yourself “what if?” After reading Audrey Scott’s story, you will reassess the hesitations in your life and start considering your true [...]
--> Audrey Scott: 7 years, 75 countries

Janet Brent -  The freedom to create the life you want — it rings like a mantra in today’s market of independent online business, but this freedom doesn’t look and [...]
--> From Breakup to Purpose: One Woman’s Story of Creating a New life

Adam Shepard -  Have you ever left a movie or read a book that left you with the feeling that you could take on the world? Adam Shepard exudes that kind of energy. Adam dedicated a year [...]
--> Adam Shepard: One Year Lived

Mitch Abblett -  Dr. Mitch Abblett is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant and national / international speaker who is on a quest to help people authentically, compassionately and [...]
--> Mitch Abblett: Letting Go Into Who You Truly Are

Jodi Ettenberg -  What happens when a lawyer takes a one year hiatus to travel the globe? If she finds her true passion, that one year turns into five and the world of lawyering vanishes [...]
--> Jodi Ettenberg: Leaving a Career to Start a Business

Lodro Rinzler -  Lodro Rinzler is a long-time Buddhist teacher, the author of seven meditation books including Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times and is the [...]
--> Lodro Rinzler: Taking Back Your Mind

Earl Baron -  Earl Baron didn’t spend much time wondering before he started wandering, continuing what began as a brief graduation trip for the past 15 years, exploring 87 countries [...]
--> Becoming a Permanent Nomad – Interview with Blogger Earl Baron

Drew Jacob -  I want to do extraordinary things, and help others do them. I want to feel what the epic heroes felt Even when they were scared. With a title of “Rogue Priest”, Drew [...]
--> Drew Jacob: Heroic Life in a Modern World

Mike Hrostoski -  There are some things that men can only learn from each other. Whether it’s strategies for financial success or the secrets to better sex, men who are looking for more [...]
--> Mike Hrostoski: The High-Performing Man

Sean Ogle -  Does going to work feel like an obligation or an adventure? By refusing to settle for the first answer, Sean Ogle found the freedom to make a living — not just a [...]
--> Sean Ogle: Escaping 9 to 5

Jenny Blake -  It’s no secret that the mind-body connection is vital to personal well-being — but how is it good for the health of a business? Whether it’s a start-up company [...]
--> Jenny Blake: Becoming a Solopreneur

Colin Wright -  If you could live anywhere in the world… would you let the internet decide? Colin Wright is living this crazy dream and it goes by the name of Exile Lifestyle. On [...]
--> Colin Wright: A New Country Every 4 Months

Dave Ursillo -  Published author and freelance writer Dave Ursillo dreams of changing the world through writing. Once an aspiring political shaker and mover, Dave realized he didn’t [...]
--> Dave Ursillo: Awakening Through Writing

Sean Aiken -  Rather than risk getting stuck in a rut, Sean Aiken took a great leap after graduation, turning the job search into a job quest, a year-long search for the meaning of [...]
--> Sean Aiken: 52 Jobs in 52 weeks

Benny Lewis -  Benny Lewis, the spunky language hacker behind Fluent in 3 Months, is living proof of the raw potential in all of us. Benny thought that he was not good at languages [...]
--> Benny Lewis: Becoming Fluent Fast

Nate Damm -  Why in the world would anyone want to walk from Delaware in the east coast all the way to California clear across the middle of the United States? For Nate Damm the [...]
--> Nate Damm: Traveling Across the US Solely on Foot

Joel Runyon -  Rather than succumbing to the rigors of unemployment, Joel Runyon chose to turn his new status into a mission. Tired of practical and predictable, he began challenging [...]
--> Joel Runyon: Doing the Impossible

Tyler Tervooren -  Deep down we all know that life is best when we’re pushing ourselves and stepping outside our comfort zones. When we take risks and discover new limits. But not all [...]
--> Tyler Tervooren: Remarkable Life Using Smart Risk Taking

Niall Doherty -  Around a year ago, Niall Doherty quit his cushy 9 to 5 job and set off to travel round the world without flying. He was not exactly sure how he’s going to make [...]
--> Niall Doherty: Around the World Without Flying

Amy Clover -  There are a million ways to say it and, deep down, we all know it: We are what we DO, not what we say we do. Amy Clover learned this invaluable lesson the hard way [...]
--> Amy Clover: Strong from the Inside Out

Barbara Klein is an author, researcher, and educational consultant. She is recognized as an international expert on twin development and gifted and highly gifted [...]
--> Barbara Klein: Raising Gifted Kids

Monica Rodgers -  Monica Rodgers is an original. She is a writer, artist, and business woman. With brutal honesty she reflects on her life, choices and passions. But instead of finding [...]
--> Helping Women to Reveal Themselves, to Themselves

Joel Zaslofsky -  What have you heard about simplicity lately? Is it enough to say you want to simplify your life without taking any action to actually make it happen? Maybe you just [...]
--> How to Simplify, Organize, and be Money wise

Steve Fossett  -  Steve Fossett is one of my greatest heroes. Holding more than 100 world records in aviation, sailing and ballooning, Steve Fossett is probably one of the greatest [...]
--> Who Is Steve Fossett

Sylvester Stallone  -  Sylvester Stallone Biography Sylvester Stallone is an American actor, writer, and director, best known for his roles in the Rocky and Rambo franchises. In the early [...]
--> Who Is Sylvester Stallone

Winston Churchill -  Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration, said Thomas Alva Edison. Genius is buried beneath multiple layers that need to be peeled off for a person to shine with [...]
--> Who Is Winston Churchill

Nelson Mandela -  Nelson Mandela Biography Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa [...]
--> Who Is Nelson Mandela

Jeff Bezos -  The impact of a single stroke of genius can be immeasurable. Take the case of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, who started an online bookstore in his garage and [...]
--> Who Is Jeff Bezos

Ernest Shackleton -  In the early 20th century, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton gave new meaning to the word “endurance.” On his third expedition to Antarctica, Shackleton lost his ship [...]
--> Who Is Ernest Shackleton

J.K. Rowling -  Almost everybody heard about the Harry Potter books series, but almost no one heard the incredible zero to hero story of the author, J.K. Rowling. I personally [...]
--> J.K. Rowling: Life Story, Bio & Facts

Oprah Winfrey -  To me it seems Oprah Winfrey is everywhere. On a recent flight I happened to pick up a random magazine and realized Oprah even publishes her own magazine. There is [...]
--> Who Is Oprah Winfrey

Bill Gates -  Going by materialistic standards of wealth being directly proportional to “success”, Bill Gates is the most successful person the world ever saw. Going by [...]
--> Who Is Bill Gates

Mahatma Gandhi -  It is an unimpressive boulder that is transformed into a stunning monolith with the inspired consistent effort of a man. And the same stands true for the development of [...]
--> Who Is Mahatma Gandhi

Steve Irwin  -  The section of the world’s population that actualizes its dreams and pursues its passions is a startlingly small one. And unsurprisingly, the world’s most successful [...]
--> Who Is Steve Irwin

Amelia Earhart -  Segregation of populations along the lines of gender, religion, socio-economic conditions or any other factor creates a divide that the unprivileged must battle against. [...]
--> Who Is Amelia Earhart

Emil Zatopek -  Not every person immediately recognizes their innate abilities, and among the most important task to be carried out by any person in the world is to be alert to his [...]
--> Who Is Emil Zatopek

Helen Keller -  Often, one aims too low and celebrates the achievement of the goal set. To be able to muster courage to work around your blind spots and progress is worthy of [...]
--> Who Is Helen Keller

Mother Teresa -  With the world meting out criticism and discouragement faster than you can say “charity”, those truly seeking to serve the destitute find themselves pitched against [...]
--> Who Is Mother Teresa

David Copperfield  -  The lives of the successful are increasing over dramatized and people like to believe that one has to undergo a great tragedy or survive pitiful childhood experiences to [...]
--> Who Is David Copperfield

Jim Carrey -  Come across the name Jim Carrey and you are instantly reminded of a comic face with amazingly flexible facial muscles, a loud cheerful voice that can jerk a clinically [...]
--> Who Is Jim Carrey

Muhammad Ali -  There is always more to a person that what meets the eye, and it is this veiled part of a man that truly defines his character. Muhammad Ali is a name that no discourse, [...]
--> Who Is Muhammad Ali

Martin Luther King -  “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity,” stated [...]
--> Who Is Martin Luther King

Anthony Robbins  -  A man’s life is a saga of struggle for achievement of various goals. However, a man is known, at a basic level, only by his victories. The barrels of midnight oil [...]
--> Who Is Anthony Robbins

Dalai Lama  -  In a world whose populations are increasingly aware of the gruesome struggles of their fellow beings, and common life is buffeted by power lusty beings of all hues, [...]
--> Who Is The Dalai Lama

Seth Godin -  Versatility is a characteristic that is seldom found in people, and fewer still have gone down the hall of legends for being role models who lead by example in more than [...]
--> Who Is Seth Godin

Lance Armstrong -  People go through similar experiences during their lifetime. What differentiates those experiences is the manner in which the people respond to those experiences. [...]
--> Who Is Lance Armstrong

Steve Jobs -  I’ve just finished Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, A very long (656 pages) and fascinating story about a creative genius whose vision transformed the [...]
--> Steve Jobs: Biography, Life Story & Facts

Richard Branson -  Richard Branson, a name and face a recognized in almost every corner of the world, is a source of great inspiration for all those who have been dispirited by the [...]
--> Who Is Richard Branson

Elie Wiesel -  I recently finished the book Night by Elie Wiesel and it offered some powerful inspiration that I want to share with you today. Jewish-American author, professor, and [...]
--> Who Is Elie Wiesel

Arnold Schwarzenegger -  Just a glance at Arnold Schwarzenegger in his peak performances, his body chiseled into almost superhuman form, will strike you as strength embodied. But what we learn [...]
--> Who Is Arnold Schwarzenegger

Pele -  Pele is a name no soccer fan can do without, and the man is touted to be the best soccer player the world ever saw. Pele did not have the world handed over to him on a [...]
--> Pele: Life Story, Bio and Facts

Albert Einstein -  “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” said a man whose life was steered by his unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Albert Einstein is a [...]
--> Who Is Albert Einstein

José Mujica -  He may be “the poorest president in the world” by income, but Uruguay President José Mujica may also be the most popular world leader by virtue of his humility. [...]
--> Who Is Jose Mujica

Eckhart Tolle -  On the cusp of the new millennium, Eckhart Tolle ushered in a new era of spirituality in America with his bestselling book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual [...]
--> Eckhart Tolle: Biography, Life Story & Facts

Benjamin Franklin -  Benjamin Franklin is best known for being one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. But this man also wears a host of other hats – that of a [...]
--> Who Is Benjamin Franklin

Team Hoyt -  During my Ironman triathlon journey, I used to watch inspiring videos to get myself even more motivated. There was one story that kept coming up on Youtube. It was an [...]
--> Who is Team Hoyt

Barack Obama -  Before he became the first African-American president in history, then-senator Barack Obama wrote the story of his improbable journey in the best-selling book, The [...]
--> Who Is Barack Obama

Bob Marley -  “Though the road’s been rocky, it sure feels good to me.” — Bob Marley The soul-stirring music of Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist Bob [...]
--> Who Is Bob Marley

Bruce Lee -  Fighting his way from the gang-infested streets of Hong Kong to the big screen of Hollywood, Bruce Lee formed his own style with every move. Bruce Lee Life Story Bruce [...]
--> Who Is Bruce Lee

Elon Musk -  Elon Musk is an important figure in our times, impacting a variety of industries from online banking to space exploration. At times controversial, Musk is no stranger to [...]
--> Who Is Elon Musk