Effectiveness to greatness: Could it be habit-forming?
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Stephen R. Covey's first book, ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," was a classic of the personal-improvement genre.
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Tiger Woods has it. So does Arnold Schwarzenegger and George Clooney. Mickey Mantle certainly had it. And Magic Johnson still does. It's charisma, and you can't manufacture it, bottle it or buy it. It seems you're just born with it.
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A few little changes in behavior can make you happier and richer.
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NEW YORK  - People who simultaneously attempt to stop smoking, reduce their sodium intake and increase exercise may be more successful than those who try to change these lifestyle factors one at a time, Texas-based researchers report.
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Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.
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Use some psychological tricks and end up richer.
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When we look for ways to improve our life at work or how we can make better decisions, one thing we do is look at what great leaders have done.
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Incorporating short, weekly sessions on healthy living and social pressures into sports training appears to help young girls fight impulses to diet excessively
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Uncovering tomorrow's industry leaders today.
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(240 sec.) What drives the average person to become extraordinary?
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In my most recent Times column, I reviewed macro software that automates common tasks on your Mac or PC. I opened the article with a reference to a 1986 M.I.T. study, which concluded that people are less productive with computers, not more. And as a joke, I concluded the story with this: âThe bottom line: [...].
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Telling people off activates a part of the brain linked to enjoyment and satisfaction, researchers report in Science magazine.
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By Sheikh, Imran; Lovins, Amory B  THE STRATEGIES USED BY CHEMICAL ENGINEERS TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENT DESIGNS may vary, but they probably reflect the methodologies we learned in engineering school. So, it is only natural that we use them almost intuitively in the work place.
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The Motley Fool - Smoking, driving too fast while yakking on the cell phone, eating ice cream every night of the week ... we all have habits that we know aren't good for us. For some reason we persist anyway, even knowing that we may be setting ourselves up for real trouble.
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Fulfillment leads to achievement, not the other way around.
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By Pete Pelegrin, The Miami Herald  Feb. 9--His shoes were aligned before going to bed each night. On a mirror in his bedroom, he hung -- in big, block letters -- the phrase A Commitment to Excellence. Sleep was optional, if it meant "Video Kid" could find a way to win.
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New masters of the universe or creators of too much leverage?