Contrary to popular belief, the people who become truly famous, stay famous for decades.
Most of us experience ‘gut feelings’ we can’t explain, such as instantly loving -- or hating -- a new property when we’re house-hunting or the snap judgments we make on meeting new people.
Psychological scientists have found that the size of different parts of people's brains correspond to their personalities; for example, conscientious people tend to have a bigger lateral prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain involved in planning and controlling behavior.
Gretchen Rubin is a published author who wrote 'The Happiness Project' -- a memoir about how test-driving every principle, tip, theory, and scientific study she could find -- whether from Aristotle or St Therese or Martin Seligman or Oprah.
What if you currently live a very comfortable lifestyle and you have a lot of assets? How can you justify running off to do what truly makes you happy if it might put all your current assets at risk?
A study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women, despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.
Styles change and fashions evolve. But why do some things become more popular than others?
Why do "Aha!" moments sometimes come easily - and sometimes not at all?
Students, athletes and performing artists are often advised to imagine themselves performing successfully. But is that motivation influenced by what perspective they take when imagining their performance?
The prolific life has been characterized by abundant inventiveness and limitless creativity, and has been enshrouded in a veil of mystery - the sources of artistic inventiveness are too often viewed as out-of-reach for the average person.
Some argue that happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Canada’s literary celebrities struggle to find a happy medium between glad-handing with their public and craving the solitude that the writing life affords them.
When faced with a difficult decision, we try to come up with the best choice by carefully considering all of the options, maybe even resorting to lists and lots of sleepless nights.
Do you ever have one of those days when you just can’t seem to find focus?
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge.
A team of researchers led by a Michigan State University neuroscientist has created a quick but reliable test that can measure...
When people feel they’ve hit a roadblock in reaching a personal goal, such as losing weight, a change in perspective...
Happy individuals are predisposed to seek out and undertake new goals in life and this reinforces positive emotions, say researchers who examined the connections between desirable characteristics, life successes and well-being of over 275,000 people.
Backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices, according to a study by psychologists from the University of Utah and University of Kansas.
Contributors get noticed and attract new friends and opportunities easily, and contributing is much easier than you might assume
When purchasing items online, reading customer reviews is a convenient way to get a real-world account of other people's opinions of the product.
I've been a professional writer since I was 17, so nearly 24 years now. I’ve made my living with words, and have written a lot of them -- more than 10 million.
People who watch funny videos on the internet at work aren't necessarily wasting time.
If you accept a job, a relationship, or a lifestyle that you merely tolerate -- but don't appreciate -- you’re putting other concerns ahead of your own happiness.
Little research exists in the area of self-talk, although internal dialogue often influences the way people motivate and shape their own behavior.
A study has found that you are more likely to perform well if you do not think too hard, and instead trust your instincts.
It's a huge limiting belief to assume that going faster means you’re doing something wrong and creating too much stress.
While some psychologists still argue that people perform better when they do something because they want to, research suggests we shouldn't even make that distinction.
How does someone else’s success mean anything bad for you?
You win some, you lose some. Such are life's ups and downs.