If you want to have a great year, you’ll boost your likelihood of success by setting goals. And using goal setting theory, specifically, is the best way to ensure you achieve all that you aspire to.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tiffany Grant, M.B.A., AFC, shares insights to bridge the wealth gap. Starting the year with clear peersonal finance goals sets ...

As the end of 2025 approaches, a viral TikTok trend is helping people achieve their wellness goals: “The Great Lock In” encourages participants to finish the year strong by fully focusing on their ...

Ute-Christine Klehe receives funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). Lauren A. Keating and Peter A. Heslin do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

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The first step in achieving your ambitions and goals is to define them clearly. Vague goals can lead to confusion and lack of direction, while well-defined goals provide a roadmap to success. Set ...

Setting and achieving goals helps kids (and grown-ups) build self-esteem — and teaches perseverance, too. When children set goals, it helps them practice executive function skills like planning.

Time is money. You always work hard to achieve goals, but when you struggle to control the amount of time spent on specific tasks, your work and well-being suffer. You miss deadlines. You lack a ...

Social support is associated with positive physical health and mental health outcomes. But how important is support to goal-related outcomes (e.g., goal-setting or goal progress)? Quite important, ...

Enter Stanford neurobiologist Dr. Andrew Huberman, and the Set and Achieve Goals episode of his Huberman Lab podcast. (With a h/t to Jack Moses.) Huberman lays out the science behind goal achievement, ...

New research shows we are twice as likely to achieve goals, such as losing weight or getting fit, if we are regularly reminded of the diverse sacrifices we’ve made or been prepared to make in the past ...