It’s rarely only one factor that drives a student to give up on school, but in recent years, educators have gained ground against a range of contributors, from early absenteeism and reading ...

Motivation is to action as reading about exercise is to being in shape. Certainly, both can happen, but simply being motivated accomplishes nothing while seeming like it’s accomplishing something. Our ...

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“Peter,” my friend Byron emailed me a few days ago. “I haven’t been diligent about working out over the past five years and I’m trying to get back in the gym and get myself into a healthier state.

"Kill it, daddy! Kill it!" So goes the punch line of the tired-but-famous turtle story, a staple of old time motivational speakers. I admit it. I have told the turtle story more than a few times. I ...

In one of my earlier articles, I discussed workplace happiness and some of the most common myths we associate with employee satisfaction. At first glance, motivation and happiness would seem to have a ...

A lack of motivation among likely Democratic voters may hold Kamala Harris back from victory in November, according to a pollster. Since Harris became the Democratic nominee for president in July, ...

Endogenous dopamine release in the human brain as a pharmacodynamic biomarker: evaluation of the new GPR139 agonist TAK-041 with [11 C]PHNO PET These kinds of evidence imply that a psychostimulant ...

"Peter," my friend Byron emailed me a few days ago. "I haven't been diligent about working out over the past five years and I'm trying to get back in the gym and get myself into a healthier state.