Define Success to Achieve Success

Business is often about setting, communicating and managing expectations. Whether it is a company's results or their product development, mismanagement of expectations has cost top CEOs their jobs and senior executives promotions.

Defining success is of utmost importance in business and school as well. Whether you are in a group setting or working alone, ask yourself what is required to conquer the task at hand.

The business of war

Before I came to power, my father Philip had radically transformed the culture of war and the military’s role in Ancient Greece. Had it not been for his innovations and designs, no way on Earth would I have ever conquered so much land in such little time. Of course, I never voiced this while I was alive, but a man of my intelligent prowess and military acumen knew this.