Mastering self-control can feel like an uphill battle, especially in a world full of distractions and instant gratification. Self-control is a vital skill that touches every aspect of life, from ...

Self-control is the capacity to override one’s impulse or desire in order to attain another goal (Mischel, 2014). The alternative to exercising self-control is indulging in an action that momentarily ...

Well, I am very proud of myself. I have made my first video blog post. Vlog, for those in the know - now including you, Readers. It contains some actual information, based on my previous post about ...

Do you ever feel like you’re being pulled in a million directions? In addition, maintaining a balanced work-life seems impossible when to-do lists stack up and deadlines loom. This is where ...

You can talk about self-control as the capacity to override impulses, resist temptations, and overturn dominant responses, to advance long-term over short-term goals, and to develop efficient, ...

We all want to master self-control. To say no to distractions, to break bad habits, and to stay focused on what truly matters. Yet, how many times have you felt like your willpower just isn’t enough?

The issue of control comes up in so many of the things that we think about and are concerned about in raising our children. Childhood is a time when instincts and impulses are expressed so readily in ...

Self-control has long been regarded as one of the strongest predictors of success. Most of us can picture that colleague who never misses a deadline, volunteers for extra projects and keeps everything ...

THE MARSHMALLOW TEST: Mastering Self-Control, by Walter Mischel. Little, Brown, 326 pp., $29. You've surely heard of the Marshmallow Test, an experiment at Stanford University in the early 1960s.

These are comments I might get when people learn about my lifestyle. I’m one of those annoying people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise five times a week, save a portion of their salary, ...