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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Julian Hayes II combines wellness, business, and leadership. Tim Grover, the trainer behind legends like Michael Jordan and Kobe ...

Maybe you’re going off to college or starting your first adult job. Or, you’re getting married or expecting a baby, or going through a midlife crisis, or getting that big promotion, or retiring after ...

Even Albert Einstein agreed with the fifth one. Age takes away many things: taut skin, white teeth, clear vision, ease of movement, suppleness, and the need to be polite. However, it does provide two ...

Last year, I started a Thanksgiving tradition of sharing reasons for investment gratitude. This year, I’m dedicating my Turkey Day column to Warren Buffett, who’s soon taking early retirement (at age ...