Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Motivation is often viewed as a driving force that pushes individuals to take action, both ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The alarm buzzes, the coffee brews and you’re back at the grind—whether it's logging into ...

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 ...

Motivation has been defined as an internal push to accomplish a goal. It even seems similar to the word “move,” although “move” can simply mean doing something, like advancing a chess piece. Digging ...

Motivation is everywhere in education. We’re told to cultivate it, sustain it, and assess it as if learning couldn’t happen without it. It’s common to hear that students need to be supported, inspired ...

We all have dreams and aspirations—whether it’s to exercise more, eat healthier, learn a new skill, or finally tackle that ...

Who doesn’t love motivation? It can be flashy and cinematic, like the latest. It’s the music behind a breakthrough moment, the speech that launches a comeback, or the adrenaline rush that propels ...

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 ...

In Jarek Janio’s Inside Higher Ed opinion column, “Beyond ‘Grit’ and ‘Growth Mindsets,’” Janio argues that, to promote better student learning, college instructors should ignore questions about ...

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 ...

Someone who has obviously spent a lot of time and effort to look good—hair meticulously styled so that not one strand is out of place—posts a headshot with the caption, “I feel ugly today.” What will ...