It took me five years to write my last book, which was a lot longer than it should have taken. The problem wasn’t that I didn’t know what to do, I did. I just didn’t do it. I wasn’t motivated. My book ...

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 ...

Novak Djokovic’s 'inat' reveals how doubt, defiance, and the urge to prove others wrong can fuel achievement—but also exact a ...

Traditional employee motivation strategies, like financial incentives, often yield only short-term results, failing to build lasting commitment. Leaders must instead cultivate self-driven extrinsic ...

Exercise has a lot of important benefits. But most people don’t exercise or don’t do it consistently or long enough to get those benefits. If you ask people why they dropped out of their program, I ...

Before you start reading on, I can assure you: this is not clickbait. Motivation really is a myth — and I’ll show you why. Let’s play a game of true or false. True or false? Each and every one of us ...

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 ...