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Managing a business means managing your time and attention. In an adapted excerpt below, Nir Eyal, author of the bestselling book Indistractable, reveals how a common misconception about willpower ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that willpower and self-control are essential for a happy and successful life. The most persuasive evidence comes from two studies that measured young children’s ...

You come home after a long day of work and immediately curl yourself up on the couch and binge the latest Netflix craze for hours, while you scroll through your social media feeds and snack on potato ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. “Willpower beliefs” refer to the internal theories individuals ...

Not so long ago, my post-work routine looked like this: After a particularly grueling day, I’d sit on the couch and veg for hours, doing my version of “Netflix and chill,” which meant keeping company ...

It's around this time of year – two weeks after alleging a total habits overhaul – that the idea of willpower begins to occupy an outsized portion of our minds: why don't I have more of it, how can I ...

Not so long ago, my post-work routine looked like this: After a particularly grueling day, I’d sit on the couch and veg for hours, doing my version of “Netflix and chill,” which meant keeping company ...