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 ...

A strong work ethic shows up in ways that go far beyond productivity or long hours. These traits shape not just careers, but character, influencing how people handle setbacks and everyday ...

Understanding how employees rationalize questionable decisions can help leaders create more ethical workplace cultures.

Home Court Advantage General Manager Cory Powers is well-known for his passion for his work and family. Whatever he does, he gives it his full time and attention, and the end result shows his ...

Jackie Nance Sons is the CEO and Founder of Native Wildflowers Nursery. She is a master gardener and loves to travel. The importance of hard work over experience in the workplace cannot be overstated.

When my dad, James Murko Sever, came over from Croatia, immigrants came to this country to make a good living. He was 16. He and my mother saved money to buy two farms. He worked third shift in the ...

Undergrads studying modern capitalism are usually assigned Max Weber's famous essay. But our own ideas about the "Protestant work ethic" rest on a misreading of Weber's. Research defining grit as ...

Hugh is a cartoonist with a wildly popular blog, gapingvoid. He is the master of capturing a large idea in a single drawing, and a great deal of his work focuses on happiness: how to find happiness in ...

As we venture into 2025, we may be thinking about ways to improve our lives in the new year. New year’s resolutions are easy to make, but also easy to break. But what if there were ways to improve the ...