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“Growth mindset” is a belief that intelligence can be developed over time. Children taught to believe this are better at facing challenges.

Factors that help to get unstuck and unleash your full potential.

Whether due to injury, life situations, or health needs, hitting pause on your exercise routine can be tough. Here's how to stay positive when you can't work out.

A simple one-question evaluation can tell you if you have this all-important quality for leadership success.

A new study shows a strategic mindset is as important as grit or intelligence for success.

A recent study examined how goal-setting interacts with performance among people of varying intellectual capabilities.
People with higher general mental abilities appear to perform worse when being directly measured along the lines of performance. These individuals' performance greatly improves when they were encouraged to simply do their best.

A blog about peak performance through the use of mental conditioning, sports and performance psychology.

You learn new and complex things more quickly if you use effective and smart learning strategies

It’s happened to presidential candidates, Wheel of Fortune contestants, and (let’s be honest) you too – anyone can choke when stakes are high. Science explains why, and how to stop it.

The search giant doesn't have to search hard for high-empathy leaders when armed with these questions.

Could you be a toxic boss and not even realize it?

  by Daniel Goleman and Matthew Lippincott (HBR) Mindfulness has become the corporate fad du jour, a practice widely touted as a fast-track to better leadership. But we suspect that not all the benefits laid at its feet actually belong there. Our research and analysis has revealed a complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance—one that is …