With 2025 rapidly approaching, many of us feel both eagerness and apprehension. After all, a new year presents fresh opportunities. At the same time, setting meaningful goals and sticking to them can ...

We are approaching the end of January 2025. Two things typically happen at this time of year. First, hearing the words “Happy New Year!” this late in the year starts to feel irritating and annoying ...

I walked by my shiny guitar in our music room. My previous goal was to learn how to play it. I had several guitar books neatly stacked on a nearby table. In the last year, I learned about seven chords ...

"When you set goals together, it gives yourself and the kids some more accountability. And that's really what it's about," Dr ...

In today's fast-paced world, personal strategic planning is essential for achieving both personal and professional ...

When Caroline Adams Miller learned about the science of goal setting, her professional and personal life changed forever. It was 2005, and Adams Miller was a student at the University of Pennsylvania ...

Personal trainers and therapists share cost-effective strategies for achieving the most popular New Year's resolution without ...

Our aspirations are what drive us to do our best. Being honest with ourselves and identifying what we’d like to improve can lead to personal growth and new opportunities we wouldn’t have reached ...

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 ...

While the holidays can be a joyous and festive time for many, others experience stress and social pressure that can lead to excessive drinking. This can be an especially challenging time for people in ...

When George Doran coined the idea of SMART goals in 1981, he probably didn’t know how popular it would be. But popular it remains. The proliferation of the concept makes sense. Specific, Measurable, ...