In A Nutshell A new study suggests life satisfaction is not just about piling up good feelings and avoiding bad ones. The findings are intriguing, but the study was cross-sectional, so it cannot prove ...

Happiness and well-being depend on how much volition, choice and control people feel they have over their life—their sense of autonomy. Researchers have acknowledged this connection, but there’s been ...

Shahbaz Abdullah Magsi is CEO of Zurons, the company bringing AI, robotics, and real-world autonomy together to redefine modern security. We are entering a new era—the age of autonomy—a seismic shift ...

Do you ever notice how the jobs we enjoy are usually the ones where we have the freedom to get our work done without being micromanaged? That's because it exercises a level of autonomy that we crave.

In his book Drive, Daniel Pink lays out the three core elements that motivate us: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Autonomy is the ability to make our own decisions, mastery is the pursuit of continual ...