We pick goals with big, far-off payoffs, then make the day-to-day part miserable. Research says enjoying the work now is what keeps you going.

I'm an accountability coach, and I'll be the first to say not all accountability works. What research says makes the difference.

"I'll do it when I feel more motivated." About 43% of what we do each day is habit. How to build business habits that happen on your worst days, too.

Monday you were on fire. Tuesday you hit snooze twice and ordered takeout. Why a great day can turn into a hall pass, and how to keep the momentum going.

For years I believed willpower was a battery that runs out by 4 p.m. Then a 23-lab study found the effect was close to zero. What helps instead.

You'll cancel on yourself in a heartbeat, but you'll move mountains not to waste money. How to use that on purpose with a simple commitment contract.

Most goals don't fail at the "why." They fail at the "when." The two-minute if-then plan that makes follow-through far more likely.

That famous "76% more likely to succeed" accountability stat? It's a lot shakier than it looks. An accountability coach on what the research really says, and why accountability still works.

Beating yourself up about procrastinating makes you more likely to do it again. What a study of students and two midterm exams reveals about guilt, self-forgiveness, and getting unstuck.

Humans naturally speed up near the finish line. So why does the last 10% of your project feel impossible? What a coffee-card study reveals about finishing, and how to make your finish line visible.

One bad morning turns into a lost week. Psychologists call it the "what the hell" effect, and it isn't about willpower. It's about all-or-nothing plans. Here's how to build ones that survive a bad day.

You don't need more discipline to do the boring tasks. A Wharton researcher's audiobook experiment shows how pairing what you want with what you should do makes follow-through easier.

It's not big wins that make your best workdays. It's small progress. What 12,000 workplace diary entries reveal about motivation, and how to start noticing your wins.

Telling people your goals can make you less likely to reach them, but only if you share them the wrong way. What the research says about announcing versus reporting, and who you should actually tell.

The people who get results aren't the most motivated. Research on the "intention-behavior gap" explains why, and what actually separates the people who finish.