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 ...

If you've ever had to grind for every win, these things will hit a little too close to home. It’s no surprise that the virtue of hard work is an incredibly personal and important characteristic.

"Learning to rest well is actually hard. Why is that? And how can we rest better?" writes Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.

A few weeks ago, I was having dinner with two former colleagues. Our conversation took many twists and turns going in and out of topics around work. Toward the end of our get-together, one of them ...

Hard work is undoubtedly a strength overall. The personality trait it is most closely linked to is conscientiousness, which is associated with a variety of positive life outcomes, including work ...

It’s freezing cold outside. And so us Penn students have our Canada Goose jackets and chic wool scarves hanging pretty on our coat racks. But more importantly, we’ve shut ourselves out. Going outside ...