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.
People who score high on neuroticism in personality tests tend to have negative thoughts and feelings of all types - but often have bonus creativity.
A report revealed that telecommuting can boost employee job satisfaction and productivity, but only when it's carefully implemented.
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving.
When the task at hand requires some imagination, taking a walk may lead to more creative thinking than sitting.
Unconscious motivation plays a substantial role in how we respond to challenges. Find out how much.
Tips and tools for professional development include making your aptitudes and accomplishments more visible.
Were Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci born brilliant - or did they acquire their intelligence because they knew to try harder?
Creativity is not instantaneous, but if incentives promote enough ideas as seeds for thought, creativity eventually emerges. Find out a big creative workaround here!
Science has shown that even a brief sleep - a power nap - can significantly improve your ability to remember what you've learned. Here's how.
We all know that getting a good night's sleep is good for our general health and well-being. But new research is highlighting a more surprising benefit of good sleep: more feelings of gratitude for relationships.
Computer scientists have shown how crowdfunding websites can use data science to boost cash value of donations. Their research confirms,...
It seems really simple: If you want to achieve something, set a goal and then make specific plans to implement it.
How do ideas spread? What messages will go viral on social media, and can this be predicted?
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...
The authors of this study looked closely at the ways beginners versus experts respond to negative or positive feedback.
As an increasing number of freelancers depend on the virtual workplace, how can they make themselves more attractive to potential employers?
Employees who pursue creative activities outside of work may find that these activities boost their performance on the job.
Multitaskers who think they can successfully divide their attention between the program on their television set and the information on their computer screen proved to be driven to distraction by the two devices.
Study by USC Marshall School of Business and USC faculty illuminates how facial expressions affect cooperation While Disney’s Frozen Academy...
For decades, it has been observed that similar people experience divergent success trajectories, with some repeatedly succeeding and others repeatedly failing.
For some people, neither the carrot nor the stick will serve as a motivational tool
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again?
Looking for a good book? Stay away from the award-winning section of the bookstore or library.
The trope that the likelihood of an accurate group decision increases with the abundance of brains involved might not hold up when a collective faces a variety of factors -- as often happens in life and nature.
For centuries, scientists have studied how we go about the difficult task of choosing A or B, left or right, North or South - and how both instinct and intellect figure into the process.
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about creative thinking - and found that the instructions actually worked.