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.

We’ve probably all heard that it takes 21 day to develop a new habit. But the reality is, the length of time it takes to develop good habits is much longer*. If we think we can change in 21 days, ...

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 ...

Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a career professional, a student or even unemployed, your habits are either empowering you to achieve and succeed, or deterring and holding you back. For most of ...

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Is that a quote from a rah-rah motivation speaker? Nope. It’s from Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher. His writings ...

When you struggle to change your habits, lack of information is rarely the culprit. You likely already know which behaviors have a positive or negative influence on your life. It’s not a surprise that ...

Every business leader wants a high-performing team, but how can you achieve that? Building a productive team requires a strong foundation of habits that your employees follow. Although day-to-day work ...

At the beginning of the year, many of us make resolutions for the months to come. We resolve to work out more, procrastinate less, or save more... Creatures Of Habit: How Habits Shape Who We Are — And ...

A visit to the drive-thru at lunch, mindlessly scrolling social media, hitting the snooze button … five times. We all have them: The bad habits that prevent us from accomplishing our goals or feeling ...

Research in the field of childhood development shows that experiences and habits formed during childhood shape our lives well into adulthood. Life is like a journey where every step forward builds on ...