New psychological research reveals three ways you can break bad habits—not just temporarily, but for life. Here’s a step-by-step breakdown. Up to 72% of Americans have at least one unhealthy ...

When you struggle to change your habits, lack of information is rarely the culprit. You likely already know which behaviors have a positive or negative influence on your life. It’s not a surprise that ...

Do you have a bad habit that you have been desperately trying to change for quite some time? Maybe it is quitting smoking or ending your love affair with donuts. Or maybe you are trying to cultivate a ...

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 ...

Warren Buffett–clearly a guy who knows a little something about developing good habits–once said, “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.” Buffett is right.

Bad habits: We all have 'em. Although quitting them for good can feel overwhelming, habit-breaking becomes less intimidating when you know what to expect—and how long it takes to break a habit.

Sometime during childhood, I developed a seemingly unbreakable habit of twirling my hair and picking at split ends. It happened mostly during moments of stress, anxiety, and inactivity, and I always ...

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 ...

Did you make any resolutions this new year? If you did, are you keeping to them? Well done if you are. Polling in America suggests half of new-year resolvers give up by the end of March. More rigorous ...

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 ...