How to Get Motivated When Depressed and Frustrated

Feeling down?You’re not alone.According to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 16 million adults over age 18 had a major depressive episode in the United States in 2016 alone.((National Institute of Mental Health: Major Depression))And that doesn’t include the more common forms of depression and frustration that consume most of us on an all-too-regular […]

How to Get Motivated to Lose Half a Pound a Day (A Health Coach’s Hack)

Last summer, I ran a 20-day experimental program where 513 Western women were given one simple, fun, and powerful Asian slimming tip to try each day. People who followed through the program lost a stunning amount of weight naturally. However, the most interesting part of it was one surprising fact we’ve found about motivation when […]

Motivated by vendetta or personal grievance: Secret Service report describes the average mass killer

The average mass attacker in America is not an ISIS terrorist or a child with an AR-15. He is male, middle-aged, and aggressively self-centered. He has a history of mental illness and is fuelled by a personal vendetta. That is according to the US Secret Service, which profiled the perpetrators of the 28 mass attacks […]

How 11 highly successful business people keep themselves motivated every day

The Oracles Building a successful business and a life you love takes enormous self-discipline. Top entrepreneurs and members of The Oracles share their top tips for mastering self-discipline so you don’t hit the “snooze button” on your goals and dreams. 1. Be patiently unwavering. The Oracles Gary Vaynerchuk, founder and CEO of VaynerMedia, four-time NYT-bestselling author of “Crushing It!“: Self-discipline […]

The New York City bombing suspect may have been motivated by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Akayed Ullah, the 27-year-old suspect from Monday’s pipe bomb explosion, was reportedly motivated by recent Israeli actions in Gaza. Israel has recently launched airstrikes into Gaza following several rocket launches into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Ullah is suspected to be behind the explosion which took place Monday morning after a reported pipe […]

To think critically, you have to be both analytical and motivated

Enlarge (credit: Norwich University) In a world where accusations of “fake news” are thrown around essentially at random, critical thinking would seem to be a must. But this is also a world where the Moon landings are viewed as a conspiracy and people voice serious doubts about the Earth’s roundness. Critical thinking appears to be […]

Sting of 2014 rejection keeps Canada's Bailey Bram motivated

TAMPA, Fla. — Four years later the memory still stings like an open wound. It was on Dec. 22, 2013 that Bailey Bram was informed she would not be a member of the Canadian women’s hockey team at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Not unless somebody got hurt. “I was brought into a room and told, ‘Unfortunately at this point […]