Every January, offices quietly reset. New planners appear on desks. Fresh notebooks open in meetings. To-do lists look neater, ambitions clearer. There is a shared sense that this year, things will be ...

When exertion starts to hurt, it’s tempting to quit. New research on desire-goal conflict shows how easing up strategically ...

If you’ve ever wondered what really gets you moving toward a goal or building a fitness habit, it’s not just one thing. Sure, you might love what you’re doing or crave that feeling of accomplishment, ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and Duke University have proposed a neuroscience framework explaining how different types of ...

The present article reviews effective self-motivation techniques, based on findings cited in a paper by Fishbach, published in the December 2021 issue of Motivation Science. Self-motivation means ...

As many as 60% of people make goals for the new year but only 9% stick to those aspirations for the full year. Whether it’s improving your health, learning more about AI, losing weight, boosting your ...