How is this happening?” This student, like many I teach, believes she should be able to control the outcomes of her life by virtue of her hard work. It’s a mentality verging on invincibility: a sense ...

A new study shows how damaging it can be for college students in introductory STEM classes to compare how hard they work to the extent of effort put in by their peers. Researchers studied students in ...

Work hard and you will succeed. Parents say it. Teachers repeat it. Society celebrates it. But have you ever stopped and asked yourself a simple question? Is hard work alone really enough to guarantee ...

Do you believe that if you say, “fingers crossed,” it will catapult your career up the success ladder? Or do you believe jumping in and working hard will do the trick? A new study finds that almost ...