The Harry Potter audiobooks helped Katy Milkman make a foundational discovery about exercise behavior. A Harvard graduate student at the time, she was struggling to work out. Once a varsity tennis ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Harry Kraemer, Jr. is a professor at the Kellogg School of Management. With the new year upon us, it’s natural to start thinking ...

As the new year dawns, so too does the opportunity for change. Experts say January can be a good time to reflect on self-improvement, but acknowledge it takes work to make resolutions stick. Studies ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Hello and happy new year! I love the first few days of a new year. It evokes a feeling ...

If you've made a New Year's resolution, you're not alone. Sixty percent of Americans make resolutions. And the most common one (made by 71 percent of people) is going on a diet and eating healthier.

Research reveals the three main reasons New Year resolutions fall apart, and the three evidence-based shifts that can finally make them stick in 2026. Come January 1st, 2026, billions of us will wake ...

New Year’s resolutions gone off the rails? Here’s how to save them. New Year’s resolutions gone off the rails? Here’s how to save them. A question has haunted a Caribbean nation for 40 years: What ...

Every January, many of us vow to improve our bodies, minds, careers and houseplants, all centered around the tradition of New Year’s resolutions. But how many Americans actually make resolutions? What ...

New Year’s resolutions certainly get a bad rap. Jokes about the gym being crowded on January 1 but empty by February are par for the course. It’s enough to make you wonder if it’s even worth it to ...

The Harry Potter audiobooks helped Katy Milkman make a foundational discovery about exercise behavior. A Harvard graduate student at the time, she was struggling to work out. Once a varsity tennis ...