Members of a group or team will work harder when they're competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group.
When the St Louis Cardinals lost the World Series, just how much shame did the players feel?
Impulse and determination: Those two are probably the most important keywords of my life.
We come now to the major faults of leaders who fail, because it is just as essential to know what not to do as it is to know what to do.
The color red can affect how people function: Red means danger and commands us to stop in traffic.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
It’s the lack of starting that kills most tasks and projects.
Many of us are good at starting things — it’s the finishing that we need help with.
People are better able to exercise self-control when they choose goal-pursuit strategies that fit with their promotion or prevention focus.
You might think that a loving partner helps keep you on track -- say, when you want to stick to your jogging or concentrate on your studies.
Although the marketing slogan suggests that Barbie can "Be Anything," girls who play with this extremely popular doll see fewer career options available to themselves compared to boys.
Scientists have identified for the first time a particular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem and "mastery," the belief that one has control over one's own life — three critical psychological resources for coping well with stress and depression.
I've been stuck in a job I hate, and I felt imprisoned, trapped doing work that bored me while following orders of others and helping them achieve their goals.
Worried you won't meet your goal? According to research, you'll be more likely to succeed if you make specific plans to implement it.
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to go? Make important life decisions, maybe?
Research shows that how people view their abilities in the workplace impacts how they respond to success.
Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
People who work hard at improving a skill or ability may experience stress in the moment, but experience greater happiness on a daily basis and longer term. Here's why.
Iconoclasts are individuals who do things that others say can't be done.
"Over the course of five years, I've managed to pay off over $35,000 in debt, quit my day job, and go from having nothing saved to fully funding my retirement accounts every year. In the process, I've developed a 14-point philosophy."
Whether it's sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there's money on the table.
Just being in the same room as greatness can inspire you to new levels of the possible.
When dreaming is believing: Dreams affect people's judgment, behavior
Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of motivation from traffic-measuring and interactive tools that help them feel more connected to and more influential in their communities.
Too often we get stuck in inaction -- the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward.
But after studying common roadblocks to problem-solving, a cognitive psychology researcher has developed a toolkit for enhancing anyone's skills.
It's hard to keep yourself going when you don’t feel the same excitement as you did in the beginning.
In the not-too-distant past, young people aspired to become lawyers and doctors. Now they yearn to achieve the celebrity of a Mark Zuckerberg or Oprah Winfrey -- and these goals extend to adults as well.
If you want to make a difference in the world, the single most important thing you can do is consciously and deliberately choose to do work that you are passionate about.
Sometimes work can be a drag. You get caught up in trying to be more productive, and suddenly your life turns into a series of to-do lists.