One of the hardest things in life is to know when to keep going and when to move on. On the one hand, perseverance and grit are key to achieving succe...

I like to think of myself as a rational person, but I’m not one. The good news is it’s not just me — or you. We are all irrational, and we all make mental...

It was 1977 and, although nobody knew it at the time, psychologist Ellen Langer and her research team at Harvard University were about to conduct a study that w...

Depending on where you get your numbers, somewhere between 81 percent and 92 percent of New Year’s Resolutions fail.  Translation: At least 8 times o...

You’ve probably noticed that it’s hard to be motivated all the time. No matter what you are working on, there are bound to be days when you don’t feel lik...

We all want to be happy. But what is happiness? Here’s one definition… Happiness is simply the ability to not want more; to find gratitude and satisfact...

You may think that you decide how much food you eat, but you don’t. A recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research has discovered ...

In this article, I’d like to share 30 “one-sentence stories” about building better habits. (They are not all exactly one sentence, but they ...

What Are Habits? Let’s define habits. Habits are the small decisions you make and actions you perform every day. According to researchers at Duke Uni...

One of my clients – I’ll call him Jake – had an easy time making friends because he was outgoing, funny and very friendly. He had a hard time ...