I was reading the Pastoral Epistles this week (1 & 2 Timothy and Titus), and one of the qualifications Paul mentioned for leadership is self-control. I decided to see what Google and AI had to say, ...
We white-knuckle the steering wheel when we’re driving in a rainstorm. The wind blows viciously, and visibility drops. Our hands clench tighter, even though we know we can’t control the rain, the road ...
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 ...
Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time ...
Traditional self-control advice focuses on building up your capacity to do things you don’t naturally want to do. This is how influencers sell cold plunges, for example. But it’s not just online gurus ...