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AP | LARRY LAGE | Posted 05.20.2013 | Detroit

DETROIT — Will Power looked to his right and saw a buckled-up reporter holding his iPhone, pen and notebook. "You're going to try to write?" Po...

6 Ways We Get Sidetracked or Swayed

Kare Anderson | Posted 05.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Kare Anderson

Frame a situation around a much-cherished goal and you are more likely to stick to that goal and/or sway others to seek it too. That's one of many stories with lessons for sticking to a plan that psychologist and Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino offers in her new book Sidetracked.

Winners Never Quit, and Quitters Never Win

Dr. Debbie Magids | Posted 04.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Debbie Magids

The key is finding the joy in between the peaks -- paying attention to the moments, to the joy in the creating of your dreams, and to the pride you feel in yourself. Even if no one else ever acknowledges what you're doing, this is the true objective.

'I Decided Not to Die'

Rob White | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Rob White

The potential for making lasting New Year's resolutions was driven home to me during a recent walk around the pond, near my house.

The Power Of Lemonade

Jon Wortmann | Posted 03.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Jon Wortmann

Why do we make bad decisions? Why do we eat that extra cookie or choose a cheeseburger instead of a salad with grilled chicken? It turns out there is nothing wrong with you when you give into fatigue or temptation. Your brain has simply run out of gas.

Why Can't I Curb My Cravings?

Christy Matta, M.A. | Posted 03.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Christy Matta, M.A.

Although curbing cravings can be difficult, particularly if you are already in a pattern of indulging, it is possible to better understand your cravings and make even small changes that have a lasting impact on your willpower.

Indycar Season Review

Josh Farmer | Posted 11.21.2012 | Sports
Josh Farmer

It is said that all good things must come to an end. After a long 3,522 mile season crisscrossing the Western Hemisphere, the 2012 Izod Indycar Season is finally over.

Looking at the Chances of the Two Indycar Championship Contenders

Josh Farmer | Posted 11.10.2012 | Sports
Josh Farmer

It will come down to 500 miles in the California twilight to decide the Indycar championship, which for the seventh straight year is being decided in the final race of the season.

A Shakespeare/Hip Hop Mashup That's Actually Pretty Good

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 07.26.2012 | Home

Will Power, playwright, rapper, teacher, and possessor of a name you always hope exists but never know for sure, just released a "Tempest"/hip hop mas...

Having Trouble with Self-Control? It's All In Your Head!

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 08.12.2012 | Women
Barbara & Shannon Kelley

When your best intentions go south, new research suggests that it wasn't the devil that made you do it. It was your brain.

WATCH: Big Crash At Indy 500

AP | MICHAEL MAROT | Posted 07.27.2012 | Sports

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar points leader Will Power and Mike Conway were both knocked out of the Indianapolis 500 in the first crash of Sunday's ra...

5 Tips for Boosting Your Willpower

Christine Carter, PhD | Posted 06.28.2012 | Healthy Living
Christine Carter, PhD

Who among us has not made a plan to get up in the morning and exercise, but then hit snooze one time too many, sleeping through our morning jog?

7 Ways To Boost Your Willpower

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Therese Borchard

Did you know that willpower is like coal? We have a limited amount, and it can very well run out. I am determined to get some of my willpower back, so here I have assembled the tricks that have worked in the past.

Using Social Media For Weight Loss

Bill Liao | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Bill Liao

Even though I felt fine physically, I intellectually and emotionally knew I was fat. The stigma of that made me desperately want to hide it.

Want To Increase Your Willpower? Here's How

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.

Most people have at least one area in which they lack willpower. How can you increase your willpower? Here are some techniques, using exercise as an example, that should help.

F1 and IndyCar: Cheating and Bad Calls

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Steve Parker

On July 25th, motor racing fans got two separate doses of being treated like know-nothing idiots by the captain of the Ferrari Formula 1 team and the man who essentially runs IndyCar.

The Long Term Benefits Of Self Discipline

newyorker.com | Jonah Lehrer | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

According to Walter Mischel, this view of will power also helps explain why the marshmallow task is such a powerfully predictive test. "If you can dea...

Happiness Tip: Abandon Your Self-Control

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...