Last week, my not-so-little brother celebrated his thirtieth birthday, and he proudly showed the gift he got from his girlfriend that morning — a shiny new guitar. Despite his reputation for ...

Intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to engage in activities for their inherent satisfaction, is a fundamental aspect of effective learning. This concept, rooted in the principles of ...

“I was stuck, and it sucked. I felt unheard and used. I was a cog in the wheel of the big engineering firm and didn’t feel I had an opportunity to grow. It was a defeating feeling, and I wanted more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Coleman is a U.K.-based journalist who covers entrepreneurs. Flexible working has long been seen as the Holy Grail of ...

Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of autonomy. Researchers have acknowledged this connection, but there's been ...

Self-determination theory (SDT) is one of the most well established and powerful approaches to well-being in psychological research literature. Yet it doesn't seem to have broken through into popular ...

Self-determination theory (SDT) is an empirically based theory of motivation and psychological development that is especially focused on the basic psychological needs that promote high quality ...

In this two-part series, Larry Ferlazzo, a high school teacher in Sacramento, Calif., goes in-depth on how to keep students motivated during remote learning. He covers the principles of autonomy, ...

Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to make sense of the news. Episodes drop Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Emma’s Must-Sees See TV Programming Manager Emma ...

In your everyday life, you may have different reasons for engaging in various activities. While doing some things may give you genuine joy and satisfaction, you may do others because of benefits you ...

Motivation is hard to come by. There’s always another task, another project, another objective–and any motivation you manage to scrape together for one thing is absent for the next. But motivation isn ...