As many head back to work, fresh starts can open the door to change. But maintaining lasting momentum depends on what we build after the novelty wears off.

Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get ...

Years of ‘not feeling like doing stuff’ taught me a lot about what it takes to be motivated and improve my human battery life (remember the Energizer bunny?) I saw that motivation is — ...

"I have to" is extrinsic motivation; "I want to" is intrinsic motivation—a self-concordant mindset that boosts the likelihood you will achieve your goals in 2025. How many times have you resolved to ...

Motivation is often viewed as a driving force that pushes individuals to take action, both in personal and professional settings. However, I've learned that when it comes down to it, no one can ...

This is the third in my three-part series of self-assessment inventories, "Do You Know How to Be..." Part I is Do You Know How to be Resilient? Part 2 is: Do You Know How to Be Practical? Here is Part ...

Motivation is the driving force that propels individuals to pursue goals, face challenges, and achieve success. Motivation is a multifaceted and complex psychological phenomenon that thrusts ...

A brave friend recently shared that she was feeling tired—really tired. Not ‘I-didn’t-get-enough-sleep’ tired, but something much deeper. She said, “It’s as if I’ve lost my motivation.” I call her ...

Motivation starts and ends with a decision, not a feeling. Ah, feeling motivated. It seems to come, and it goes. It ebbs and flows. I’m a firm believer in the idea that motivation is not something ...

Many posts on student motivation have appeared in this blog over the years. Antoine Germany, an assistant principal at the school where I teach, Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., gave ...

DEAR ERIC: I’m a 46-year-old man who is on my third career. In my past careers, I have worked myself up from the bottom to middle management roles taking on more responsibilities than I could handle ...