Every January, offices quietly reset. New planners appear on desks. Fresh notebooks open in meetings. To-do lists look neater, ambitions clearer. There is a shared sense that this year, things will be ...

We've all felt it—that surge of motivation on the first day in a new job, the determination we feel on New Year's Day, or the energy accompanying a new school year or back to work. There's something ...

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