I had a PhD in literature and rhetoric, and I was teaching at the University of Virginia, when the Governor, Chuck Robb, plucked me from academic obscurity to write speeches for him. The previous ...

But the chances are more likely that those entrepreneurs fail. Will a business plan make success inevitable? Absolutely not. But great planning often means the difference between success and failure.

How Success Happens tells the inspiring, entertaining, and unexpected journeys that influential leaders in business, the arts and sports traveled on their way to becoming household names.

Because, as Winston puts it: “Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas, in that order.” Winston ...