Despite our better judgment, we often make choices that we later feel bad about. Well, we can strengthen our self-control and ...

Finding self-control can be a struggle for many. Here’s how to fight impulsive decision-making and live by your true values. Self-control can feel like an uphill battle. Whether it’s resisting the ...

Highlighting summer's enhanced opportunities for healthy behavior has become a tradition for this column. In keeping with tradition, here is my annual installment – one that zeroes in on the core ...

Self-control refers to the process of resisting temptations (e.g., eating junk food) that conflict with enduring goals that usually involve bigger but delayed rewards (maintaining a healthy weight and ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

Source: usushiorei/Pixabay Being productive at work. Keeping up with healthy habits and household chores. Communicating well with others. Almost everything we want to do requires a measure of ...

You want that new video game so badly, but you’re trying to knock your credit card balance down. Or you’re binging your favorite TV show and can’t wait to find out if a character lives, but it’s late, ...

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 ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...