Maintaining an interest in the goals you pursue can improve your work and reduce burnout, according to research from Duke University.
A researcher demystifies this game of success, and shows that exceptional performance is not necessarily the direct result of special talent, experience, or sheer luck.
Organizing can be broken down into a step-by-step process that anyone can follow.
It turns out passion is not as elusive as we think.
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving.
It’s very simple: your MIT is the task you most want or need to get done today.
When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting.
Here's a quick look at the various different ways we learn - from visual learning to copy learning to scribble learning.
Unconscious motivation plays a substantial role in how we respond to challenges. Find out how much.
The problem isn't capturing our creativity, as individual inspiration is a steady pulse that beats within us all. The problem is keeping those embers hot once we have them in our grasp.
Here's how the exceptionally persistent, incredibly confident and remarkably talented architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi used his smarts to ultimately win the contract to build the dome on the Duomo in Florence.
Many people aren't aware that when they begin to make a name for themselves, they are creating a brand… and what’s more, that brand becomes hard to change once it’s become established in people’s minds.
Few people know the secret of Ford's success, and those who do know are too modest to speak of it, because of its simplicity.
Our attention is often pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. So what can you do?
Fifty years ago, an old country doctor drove to town, hitched his horse, quietly slipped into a drug store by the back door. His mission was destined to bring to the South the most far-flung benefit since the Civil War.
Life's greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail! The tragedy lies in the overwhelmingly large majority of people who fail, as compared to the few who succeed.
Life would be grand if we only did what our fleeting hearts wanted to do, each moment of the day. Unfortunately, the laundry, taxes and difficult conversations would never get done.
Following your passion can be a tough thing... but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
It is a beautiful thing to create, to produce, to go out there in the world and make a contribution. But it is just as important that we teach others to create and produce, that we encourage them...
How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
A big part of self-discipline comes from social pressure. This is how people in the military can become very disciplined, particularly in special forces. They don’t want to hold their team back, so they have to do their best.
It seems really simple: If you want to achieve something, set a goal and then make specific plans to implement it.
There are a lot of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them into action. Are you one?
If you don’t know how, learn how. Use that fancy brain that learned how to walk, talk, and read. It’s still capable of further learning, is it not? Of course it is!
How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can this be predicted?
To truly tap into your creative nature, you only have to realize one thing...
A researcher has found that the specific colors used in a company’s logo have a significant impact on how that logo, and the brand as a whole, is viewed by consumers.
Educators have tried to boost learning by focusing on differences in learning styles. Management consultants tout the impact that different...
If you have ever wanted to know how to turn a content site into a virtual gold mine, you'd be smart to ask an expert how he or she managed it.
A reader recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing it? I am too driven!”