What Makes a Person Successful at Achieving Their Goals?
What makes someone successful? In 2006, Carol S. Dweck, PhD, published 30 years of her research answering the question: What makes someone successful? She theorized people contain two...
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How Amber’s Children Sparked Her 4-Year MyFitnessPal Streak
Amber Quest has been on a streak for 4 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days. A streak of this length is respectable on its own merit but for Quest, it means more than just keeping the streak alive....
Kicking Sugar and 19 More Non-Scale Victories by MyFitnessPal Users
Our MyFitnessPal users inspire us every day by achieving personal goals that go beyond a number on a scale. From completing a first half-marathon to holding a 1,150-day logging streak, here are a few...
It Takes Two to Cross These Finish Lines
As most endurance athletes near the finish line of a race, they relish in the applause and cheers from onlookers and use it to close out their sweaty efforts with a bang. But when Dave Sheanin, a...
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Prevention as the Best Medicine: Kristin’s Quest to Take Charge of Her Health
Like many school teachers, Kristin Clinkenbeard loved her work teaching math to high school students. Unfortunately for the Oklahoma woman, teaching is stressful, and it started taking its toll on...