Picture your typical morning. You wake up, maybe you scroll through your phone, maybe you feel bad about that, you get up, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. If you’re struggling at work—to get ahead, feel fulfilled or ...

In trying to hyper-optimize our lives, we’re likely to prune our habits and value systems more harshly than required. Here’s why. Most people assume their “bad habits” reveal something unflattering ...

“We are what we repeatedly do,” a wise person once said. “Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” There’s a lively debate over who actually said that first, but it rings true. It also explains ...

We are creatures of habits, both good and bad. What separates the good from the bad are the negative consequences that result from the bad ones, ranging from mildly embarrassing—say, nail-biting when ...

A visit to the drive-thru at lunch, mindlessly scrolling social media, hitting the snooze button … five times. We all have them: The bad habits that prevent us from accomplishing our goals or feeling ...

Nearly half of our daily activities are performed out of habit, occurring with minimal conscious thought. These automated behavioral patterns, ranging from morning routines to evening scrolling, ...

We all have habits that we wish we could break. Whether it's biting our nails, procrastinating, watching too much porn, overdrinking, or reaching for that extra cookie (or five), bad habits seem to ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There’s no reason you can’t break a bad habit. You can change any unwanted behavior by taking the right approach and working hard. You ...