I know exercise is good for me, but it’s hard to get motivated. What should I do? Many of my patients struggle with this dilemma. One woman, for example, used to be active but stopped exercising ...

Harvard University has stripped a celebrated business professor of her tenure and fired her over allegations of academic misconduct and fraud. Francesca Gino was a leading scholar in the field of ...

Motivational interviewing (MI) helps people change their behavior by guiding them through conversations about the mixed feelings they may have about making changes. 1 It centers on helping clients ...

David Yeager will never forget his first year of teaching middle school. Eager to make a difference in kids’ lives, he vacillated between feelings of optimism and helplessness. “I had come to the ...

Ever had a day when you felt unstoppable-crossing tasks off your to-do list, crushing a workout, and tackling challenges head-on? And then the very next day, you couldn’t even bring yourself to get ...

Employee motivation is critical to performance, engagement, and overall well-being. But many leaders continue to rely on traditional motivation strategies, such as financial incentives, ...

When you’re down or defeated and feel like nothing could turn your day around, don’t underestimate the power of a good quote about strength to get you through. The thought of reading a few as ...

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 ...

Behavioral science insights into intrinsic motivation reveal strategies to make New Year’s resolutions not only more achievable but also sustainable. By leveraging innate human tendencies toward ...

For the past nine years, the first thing I’ve published each January 1 is a list of 365 inspirational quotes for the new year—366, of course, in the case of leap years, of which there have been three ...