When there are conflicting demands from work, home and the classroom, any hectic time can be filled with stress.
Individuals who live in wealthy neighborhoods are more likely to have materialistic values and poor spending habits, the study says, particularly if they are young, living in urban areas and relatively poor compared with their surroundings.
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.
Want to quickly improve your happiness and satisfaction with life? Then the pen may be a mighty weapon.
I make a living doing what I love, and doing what you love for a living is fantastic.
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge.
Why do "Aha!" moments sometimes come easily - and sometimes not at all?
When I wrote the first words of my blog, more than five years ago, I had no idea those few keystrokes would change my life.
Calling it a ‘right brain’ phenomenon is too simple, researchers say It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your...
There are a lot of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them into action. Are you one?
Our attention is often pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. So what can you do?
If it feels like one part of your brain is battling another, it probably is, according to a study published in Science.
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.
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
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.
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.
A team of researchers led by a Michigan State University neuroscientist has created a quick but reliable test that can measure...
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.
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!
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.
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.
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again?
It seems contradictory to those who are used to sacrificing living for pursuing their goals … but cultivating mindfulness will help you achieve your goals and enjoy life more.
People who look at the past through rose-tinted glasses are happier than those who focus on negative past experiences and regrets.
This advice is geared towards small business owners, particularly people who are just starting (or about to start) their own business.
The color red can affect how people function: Red means danger and commands us to stop in traffic.
When dreaming is believing: Dreams affect people's judgment, behavior
Too often we get stuck in inaction -- the quagmire of doubt and perfectionism and distractions and planning that stops us from moving forward.
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?
If you don’t believe you’ll succeed, then some parts of you will resist your goal, and your progress will be frustratingly slow.