What truly inspires individuals to perform at their very best?
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...
Do peoples’ personalities change after 30?
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
Lying about performance on one task may increase creativity on a subsequent task by making people feel less bound by conventional rules, according to research.
Looking for a good book? Stay away from the award-winning section of the bookstore or library.
With Mother's Day, Father's Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful -- it's the best way to achieve happiness.
If you want to be an effective entrepreneur, you should have at least 10 good friends who are already successful entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs succeed in isolation, because, business is a social game.
Contributors get noticed and attract new friends and opportunities easily, and contributing is much easier than you might assume
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.
Whether it's sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there's money on the table.
For decades, it has been observed that similar people experience divergent success trajectories, with some repeatedly succeeding and others repeatedly failing.
The people around you dictate your success. They can also forecast our failure.
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.
It’s amazing how one simple, easy, positive action can change so much in a person’s life. One of the things that has had the biggest effect on my life is the realization of the power of gratitude. Simply giving thanks.
Students, athletes and performing artists are often advised to imagine themselves performing successfully. But is that motivation influenced by what perspective they take when imagining their performance?
We all know marketing is key to small business survival and success, but it can be overwhelming to know what to do to be an effective marketer.
Study by USC Marshall School of Business and USC faculty illuminates how facial expressions affect cooperation While Disney’s Frozen Academy...
Members of a group or team will work harder when they're competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group.
Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of motivation from traffic-measuring and interactive tools that help them feel more connected to and more influential in their communities.
Feeling sluggish? The solution may require getting outside the box -- that big brick-and-mortar box called a building.
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again?
Extraversion does not just explain differences between how people act at social events. How extraverted you are may influence how the brain makes choices -- specifically whether you choose an immediate or delayed reward, according to a study.
We all procrastinate. I put off writing this article by doing a bunch of smaller tasks, for example. They were less important and I knew it, but they were quick tasks and so easier than writing an article on a tough topic.
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.
I had a friend ask me if I ever run out of ideas of things to write about, because my...
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
Excuses are lies we tell ourselves to avoid dealing with unpleasant truths. But as long as we buy into those excuses, we can never move past them.
Communities that stick together and do good for others cope better with crises and are happier for it.