Most self-help books on the subject offer tips on how to maximize one’s bliss, but one study suggests that moderate happiness may be preferable to full-fledged elation.
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.
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.
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge.
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.
Can money make us happy if we spend it on the right purchases?
People who watch funny videos on the internet at work aren't necessarily wasting time.
It's often said that women can have it all - motherhood and a career. But a study suggests that women who rule the household have less energy for or interest in being a rising star in the workplace.
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.
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.
You win some, you lose some. Such are life's ups and downs.
Researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about creative thinking - and found that the instructions actually worked.
Sometimes you need to become unbalanced in order to get things done. If you’re working on a book, launching a business or trying to overhaul some part of your life, you can probably relate.
We all have days when we’re just not very inspired, when we need passion and creativity breathed into us.
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Often we're discouraged because of some tough challenge or obstacle in our way. But a shift in mindset, courtesy of a Zen proverb, can change everything: The obstacle is the path.
Looking for a good book? Stay away from the award-winning section of the bookstore or library.
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again?
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.
This checklist by Dr María Machón includes typical triggers for procrastination, along with possible solutions for each trigger.
Employees who pursue creative activities outside of work may find that these activities boost their performance on the job.
Procrastination is in all of us, and one of the best ways to procrastinate is to do all the busy-work that makes us feel like we’re doing stuff -- while not doing the stuff we know we should be doing.
Educators have tried to boost learning by focusing on differences in learning styles. Management consultants tout the impact that different...
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.
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...
Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.