"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is an anthem for women around the world, but, surprisingly, Cyndi Lauper's 1983 No. 2 hit wasn't written by a woman. The song was a multi-Grammy nominee, MTV Video Award ...

"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 ...

Have you ever stopped to think how much of your day is spent influencing others? According to Daniel Pink in his book, To Sell is Human, it’s 40%. If you’re in sales, it’s even higher. Influence, with ...

More than half of young people want to be influencers — 57%, to be exact. That's according to a 2023 Morning Consult survey of 1,000 Gen Zers. And they're not alone. Nearly half, 41% of adults overall ...

People often make a big deal about someone who is not the “relationship type,” but I have been single for a while now, and I enjoy nothing more than my freedom. Not the relationship type? Well, trust ...

I ask every student I interview for admission to my institution, Pitzer College, the same question, “What do you look forward to the most in college?” I was stunned and delighted recently when a ...

1. Learn several things at a time. The process is called interleaving: studying related concepts or skills in parallel. Instead of focusing on one subject, one task, or one skill during a learning ...

Once upon a time—say, several weeks ago—Americans tended to think of dissidents as of another place, perhaps, and another time. They were overseas heroes—names like Alexei Navalny and Jamal Khashoggi, ...