In life, motivation can be the difference between success and failure, goal-setting and aimlessness, well-being and unhappiness. And yet, becoming and staying motivated is often the hardest step, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about self-leadership and leading others. This article is more than 4 years old. The most common challenge I hear from ...

Accepting shame as a motivator is a recipe for misery. A top executive I know once received an email in error that called him out as someone who lacked potential for ...

Some species of gut-dwelling bacteria activate nerves in the gut to promote the desire to exercise, according to a study in mice. The study reveals the gut-to-brain pathway that explains why some ...

In the past two years the entire music industry has been thrown into a state of instability due to the paralyzing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. An international team of researchers examined how ...

New research (Selinger et al., 2022) suggests that human runners evolved to run at an energy-efficient pace that makes it difficult for most joggers to burn a lot of calories unless they make a ...

The fresh slate of a new year typically supplies all the motivation you need to make changes in your work life. Then again, it's been a rough few years, and it's understandable that you might not feel ...

Motivation is affected by oxidative stress in the brain, a study shows. The findings also suggest motivation can be improved through nutritional interventions. In life, motivation can be the ...