“It is these small discoveries and decisions that, in the end, allow you to behave like an adult. It’s developing those good habits; it’s having toast with peanut butter instead of cigarettes for breakfast. It’s not always, or even usually, fun,” Kelly Williams Brown writes in Adulting: How to Become a Grown-Up in 468 Easy(ish) …

WHETHER YOU THINK YOU CAN, OR YOU THINK YOU CAN’T — YOU’RE RIGHT. Confidence can take many forms, from the arrogance of Floyd Mayweather to the quiet self-assurance of Jane Goodall. True confidence — as opposed to the false confidence people project to mask their insecurities — has a look all its own. When it …

Successful people think differently, act differently and ultimately distinguish themselves from unsuccessful people by taking a distinctive path toward their goals. Successful people all have similar traits and similar patterns. The truth is that being successful is not far-fetched if you can learn what other successful people do. And no, it doesn’t have to be …

The most successful people have the ability to objectively evaluate themselves on a regular basis—their skills, their actions and their progress toward goals. They don’t sleepwalk through the routine. They’re actively thinking about the things they do. But questioning yourself doesn’t mean second-guessing yourself. It means evaluating your status and objectives, and what you’ll do …

When you have the opportunity to ask some of the most interesting people in the world about their lives, sometimes the most fascinating answers come from the simplest questions. The Thrive Questionnaire is an ongoing series that gives an intimate look inside the lives of some of the world’s most successful people. Thrive Global: What’s …