Quit smoking, exercise more, eat healthier: Every January 1, we plan to do great things over the next year — only to fail every time. Here's how to make sure your New Year's resolutions work out.There ...

Confetti and horn blower on calendar showing New Year's Day, close-up It’s time to set goals for the coming year, and a psychologist has some hints for helping you to make those changes last. John ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Year’s resolutions. You’ve seen them, and you’ve likely participated in the process. The page turns on the calendar. There’s a surge of energy. Big goals. Bold declarations of what this year will ...

There is certainly no lack of good ideas for 2026: slimming down, drinking less alcohol, meditating more often, and so on and so forth. Wait a minute! Aren't the resolutions you had this past year, ...