Sugar is a common part of modern diets, but experts warn that excessive intake of added sugar fuels cravings and raises serious health risks. Harvard-trained gastroenterologist Dr. Saurabh Sethi ...

Managing a business means managing your time and attention. In an adapted excerpt below, Nir Eyal, author of the bestselling book Indistractable, reveals how a common misconception about willpower ...

We all admire people who seem perfectly in control of themselves. They exercise regularly; they finish projects on time. In a study of one million people, most said that self-control was their biggest ...

Each time health psychologist Kelly McGonigal teaches her Science of Willpower class, she asks students to select a willpower challenge to focus on during the 10-week course. Though students’ goals ...

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It’s that time of year when people make their New Year’s resolutions—indeed, 93% of people set them, according to the American Psychological Association. The most common resolutions are related to ...

What is like a muscle is not willpower but discipline. Discipline is about acting according to your goals, principles, and agreements rather than acting according to comfort or the feeling in the ...