It's a hope shared by many small business owners: you hope to hire and foster motivated employees who are productive, who exceed your expectations and who actively look for ways to improve your ...

You're in a team meeting where the quarterly targets are presented by your manager. Even though you and your team didn't hit targets the previous quarter, it seems that the targets for this quarter ...

I was already familiar with the mechanics of goal setting when I began using Noom, a weight loss app, to prep for my daughter’s wedding. My graduate work in psychology focused on goal setting, so I ...

Long-term success in goal achievement involves intrinsic motivation and seeing goals as identity changes, not just arbitrary targets. The SHAPING goal-setting system offers a framework focusing on ...

The Misogi mindset flips goal-setting on its head—focusing on growth, discipline, and identity instead of just crossing the finish line.

If you want your goals to stick, design them for psychological endurance when your motivation is low, not for when you have ...

We’ve been taught to set goals our entire lives. We set goals to get better grades in school. We dream about saving up enough to buy our first car. We make resolutions to lose weight, travel more, ...

Success in sports, as in any other achievement arena, depends on both skill and motivation. And motivation includes striving for particular goals. In my Psychology Today blog titled "Goal Setting for ...

January`s `fresh start effect` is powerful but temporary. Learn why your 2026 work goals fail and discover science-backed ...

Goal setting theory was developed in the 1960s. It assumes that having management set specific and clear objectives and then provide feedback to employees provides motivation to those employees to ...