A professor has recently published his magnum opus on the subject of procrastination - and it's only taken him 10 years.
Our attention is often pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. So what can you do?
A report revealed that telecommuting can boost employee job satisfaction and productivity, but only when it's carefully implemented.
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to go? Make important life decisions, maybe?
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving.
How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
How working from home may impact work exhaustion, caused by conflict between work and family demands
I don’t know about you, but I want more than just security. I want to live, not simply survive.
I sat in a crowd of 45,000 in 2013, watching super-billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger riff off each other and deliver quick wit and worldly wisdom about finances and life in general...
Following your passion can be a tough thing... but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
There are a lot of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them into action. Are you one?
Self-employed male Britons have been found to work longer hours for lower wages than those of their employee counterparts. This...
So many acts in our daily lives -- refusing that second slice of cake, walking past the store with the latest gadgets, working on your tax forms when you'd rather watch TV -- seem to boil down to one essential ingredient: self-control.
Tips and tools for professional development include making your aptitudes and accomplishments more visible.
Fame is attention -- and with enough attention you can generate passive income. Monetizing fame is actually pretty easy.
"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."
When people consider a particular goal, they often worry about the time commitment: 'If I start a business now, it could take years to make it profitable.' Such thoughts reveal a total misunderstanding of the nature of time.
Reading teaches us a lot, but it’s in the actual doing of things that we do our real learning.
Thinking of going it alone? Becoming a freelancer is an attractive option for many professionals, but can you make it work for you?
How many times have you spent hours slaving over an impossible problem, only to take a break and then easily solve the problem, sometimes within minutes of looking at it again?
Educators have tried to boost learning by focusing on differences in learning styles. Management consultants tout the impact that different...
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.
Following this method, you can process your inbox in less than 5 minutes if you’re quick.
People are better able to exercise self-control when they choose goal-pursuit strategies that fit with their promotion or prevention focus.
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.
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.
Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
Happily ever after isn't a given.
If you choose to file your own trademark without the assistance of an attorney, you don't necessarily need to hire someone else to do it for you. Skip the fees and go right to the source.
In contrast to "every man for himself" interpretations of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, social scientists are building the case that humans are successful as a species precisely because of our nurturing, altruistic and compassionate traits.