Every January, offices quietly reset. New planners appear on desks. Fresh notebooks open in meetings. To-do lists look neater ...

It's a hope shared by many small business owners: you hope to hire and foster motivated employees who are productive, who exceed your expectations and who actively look for ways to improve your ...

Setting a goal is easy. Following through is harder. Learn three questions to help you plan behaviors that hold up when ...

Year-end goal-setting doesn’t require more pressure. Learn how compassion helps you reflect clearly, set aligned goals, and ...

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 ...

The Misogi mindset flips goal-setting on its head—focusing on growth, discipline, and identity instead of just crossing the ...

In the 1960s, Professor Edwin A. Locke of the University of Maryland identified a link between goal-setting and employee performance. Since then, Locke's theory of goal-setting and task motivation has ...

Explore the history and psychology of New Year’s resolutions, from ancient Babylon to modern strategies for lasting change ...

The key to keeping New Year's resolutions lies in how people view identity, reward, and failure, rather than just discipline ...

Goal setting is a regular part of planning for the New Year, but it must be intention, thought out and personal.