If you can improve your willpower, you will be much more able to make the sort of positive changes you want to see. There are many tools at your disposal with which you can improve your willpower.

In his course, The Neuroscience of Everyday Life, Professor Sam Wang explains willpower from the...

We like people who are kind to us. If we are kind, chances are we will be liked as well. Helping others and being kind is the morally right thing to do. Research shows that, in being kind, you not only help others, but also yourself—it improves your overall happiness level.

While writing in...

Many of us may have been told that we should smile more often. Studies suggest that smiling has multiple benefits for our well-being. But what if we fake a smile to purposefully introduce health benefits to our life? Is that possible?

That is one thing that Tara Kraft and Sarah...

Most of us discovered happiness when we were kids. We did not have to take happiness courses or read books. We did not need research; we did not need Positive Psychology. We knew what to do.  

The seven tools of Habits, Success, and Happiness that I learned when I was seven still apply...

 Before you make a move towards developing new habits, you also need to take into account how one habit can trigger another. This technique will help you introduce multiple routines into many areas of your life effectively.

For example, I exercise at 5 AM every morning, and at the end of my...

William James referenced Scottish philosopher Alexander Bain when he said “In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must ... take a public pledge.” I’m a firm believer in announcing habits.

When I began my new exercise routine I told many friends...