At some point during college, every student will wake up and feel unable to drag themselves to the library for what feels like the hundredth day in a row. Maybe you’re taking boring classes (looking ...

Self-help has become a major industry complete with books, seminars, and life coaches galore. But you might be able to skip all of that hoopla, because one simple motivational technique has just been ...

In order to sustain high levels of motivation for long periods of time, one first has to understand the nature of motivation. The best source of motivation is intrinsic, meaning that it comes from ...

A lack of inspiration is one of the worst feelings and can lead to a huge slowdown in productivity. When you're not sure what to do when you find yourself in a slump, these tricks for how to motivate ...

Researchers have identified a tool -- the "getting-out-of-bed measure" -- to assess motivation and life outlook in older adults. The study shows that the tool has the potential to be an easy-to-use ...

Say you’re really determined to start going to the gym. So determined, in fact, that you’re willing to follow oft-repeated expert advice and bribe yourself. “If I go three times a week for the whole ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Motivation should be stone-cold simple for the Arkansas Razorbacks this week. You don't lose by 32 points at home one season and act like it didn't happen against that same opponent ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has once again grabbed public attention with a compelling post on X (formerly Twitter), where he shared a video exploring the psychology behind laziness and effective ...

Which motivational techniques really work is a topic of endless debate–but one trick may eclipse the rest, according to new research. Motivational “self-talk” reigned supreme in an expansive new study ...

Emily asks: My interest/motivation in running is waning. I think it’s because I do the same thing almost every day—I run three or four miles in my neighborhood. It is easy to do, but now it is getting ...