Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. His new (already a bestseller!) book How To Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons is an extraordinary, raw, ...

“You only learn half the things you need to know in the classroom.” When I first heard that saying, I brushed it off as something adults said to make school sound deeper than it really was. But now, a ...

One of the biggest gripes I have about my academic field of social science is that it explains a lot about human behavior but is very short on prescriptions for how to live day to day. Even when it ...

We’re all trying to figure things out in life. Some lessons are obvious, like “don’t touch a hot stove,” while others take a bit more brainpower to grasp. But those deeper lessons? They’re the ones ...

Life is full of ups and downs, good and bad, struggles and triumphs — and the way we act in either situation define how we move through life. As people experience different things, they begin to see ...

Your life is in your hands. Source: Regina Findlay, used with permission “Your mind is the garden, your thoughts are the seeds. The harvest can either be flowers or weeds.” –William Wordsworth As ...