Keystone habits are foundational behaviors that can influence other areas of your well-being. When you establish one, it sets off a cascade of positive changes.

Real change begins with repetition — often so small it barely registers as effort. These tiny actions, repeated consistently, ...

Greyson Spang, 5, celebrates at a children’s Noon Year’s Eve party on Dec. 31, 2022, at the Solon Public Library. Given that it’s the season for new year’s resolutions, a University of Iowa marketing ...

Q: Why don’t nuns have to worry about deciding what to wear? A: Because they have a habit. A habit is a shortcut that makes your life easier because you don’t have to spend energy choosing to do it.

Why New Year’s resolutions fail and what works instead. How habits, identity and sustainable systems drive personal and professional growth long after January fades.

Last week, we explored why New Year’s resolutions so often fail — not because people lack discipline, but because they try to ...

Making intrapersonal or behavioral changes in one’s life is challenging. Humans are, by nature, creatures of habit and tend to resist change because it is uncomfortable. Yet we sometimes also become ...

Systematic review finds health habits can form in as little as two months, but individual variability ranges from 4 to 335 days. Morning routines and self-selected habits show the strongest results.

What we do in our free time says a lot about what makes us happy. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues ...

In his powerful book The Burnout Society, South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an "achievement society" in ...