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What holds people back from achieving their full potential? "I think it's a lack of discipline... a lack of knowing what it's going to take, a lack of direction," Apolo Ohno told us. Fortunately for Ohno, he has been able to overcome his mental insecurities and self-doubts to become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympic athlete. http://www.businessinsider.com/

Apolo Ohno almost never became the eight-time Winter Olympic medalist that everyone knows him as today. He had to overcome some early roadblocks with the help of his father. Watch below our exclusive interview with Apolo taped at a book signing event for his Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday, which was released in October. http://www.businessinsider.com/

At just 14-years old, Apolo Ohno became the number one speed skater in the country after winning his first national championship. A year later, however, Ohno lacked the same preparation and drive to win during the 1998 Olympic trials. "I didn't put forth 100% of myself," Ohno told us. "Maybe 30%." Apolo Ohno ended up placing last in those trials, and the young speed skater had to decide whether or not the sport was something he wanted to pursue. http://www.businessinsider.com/

How can we bring down our country's massive $1.3 trillion budget deficit? Former "car czar" and Quadrangle co-founder Steven Rattner thinks that the Bush tax cuts eventually have to expire – still leaving us with the historically low tax rates created by the Clinton Administration. "We have to make tough choices," Rattner told us. "You cannot have this level of taxes and this level of spending and ever close the gap." http://www.businessinsider.com/

For decades, Steven Rattner has made huge investment decisions for his private equity firm Quadrangle while advising New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his fortune. We asked him for his keys to investing; here's one of them: "I think the idea that individuals play this game (investing) at home is insane," Rattner told us. "Would you take out your own appendix? Would you write your own will?" http://www.businessinsider.com/

Despite everything that President Obama has done for Wall Streeters, Wall Streeters now hate him, says former Obama administration member Steven Rattner. "My problem with Wall Street is that they don't get the fact that they were part of the problem, not all of them but some 1% who went too far, and there were too much excesses." In part of our exclusive interview with Steven Rattner, the former car czar goes in depth on the relationship between Wall Street and Washington. http://www.businessinsider.com/

Shortly after he left his post as the car czar within the Obama Administration, Steven Rattner found himself mired in a scandal involving his private equity firm Quadrangle. Specifically, Rattner was accused of bribing a New York pension official in exchange for Quadrangle managing a part of the pension fund. Rattner settled the SEC charges this week, reportedly paying a $5 million fine and agreeing to a temporary bar from the securities industry. In an exclusive interview, Rattner says that the investigation of his involvement in this "pay-to-play" scandal is the most painful thing he's ever experienced throughout his (amazing) career. http://www.businessinsider.com/

Event publishing can mobilize the marketplace in a way a stream can't, says the Editor-in-Chief of Wired. http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-anderson-publishing-adapting-to-a-new-age-2010-11

It was a rough start for the editor-in-chief when he took over the magazine. http://www.businessinsider.com/wired-editor-chris-anderson-learning-from-failures-2010-11

Half of the revenue should be coming from subscriptions, says the magazine editor-in-chief. http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-anderson-how-magazines-will-make-money-2010-11

Commercial content has a future with the rise of the Appeconomy, says the editor-in-chief. http://www.businessinsider.com/chris-anderson-wired-the-web-dead-appeconomy-2010-11

We ask the leading financial historian in this exclusive interview. http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-america-decline-2010-10

"There is no bull market like the credit bull market. It rips." http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-credit-issues-2010-10

America is overburdened by debt like never before, says Jim Grant. http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-debt-2010-10

The Fed management should admit what they don't know. http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-grant-fire-bernanke-2010-10

We talk to our customers for as long as they like, and use no scripts, says Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-great-customer-service-2010-10

"Even if they're a superstar," says CEO Tony Hsieh, "if they're not living up to those core values then we will fire them just for that reason." http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-zappos-company-culture-2010-10

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh reveals the unusual agreement behind the deal. http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-why-i-sold-zappos-to-amazon-2010-10

Hiring the wrong person leads to a domino effect of bad decisions. http://www.businessinsider.com/tony-hsieh-making-the-right-hires-2010-10

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, tells us his three keys to personal success.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, talks about how businesses on the internet develop extremely fast while receiving real-time feedback.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, talks about Facebook's three keys to success in innovating.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, tells us why he thinks the best tech. companies have been led by their founders.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, talks about the evolution of Facebook form a Harvard-only social network to 1 million users within its first year.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, says he did not want to build a company. His early business strategy? To launch Facebook at schools he thought would have the lowest chance at working.

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The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, talks about the initial ideas behind Facebook.

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The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Thomas Gensemer, Managing Partner of Blue State Digital, talks about the Obama Campaign's marketing system.

The Business Insider presents Innovation: a series of interviews with today's most innovative business leaders, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Thomas Gensemer, Managing Partner of Blue State Digital, tells us how corporations could utilize the Obama Campaign's marketing strategy.

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