What self-control doesn’t mean is mindless self-sacrifice …
What self-control doesn’t mean is mindless self-sacrifice or knee-jerk self-denial. On the contrary, it represents…
What mattered was not what happens to …
What mattered was not what happens to you, but how you handle it. Self-command is…
Self-regulation will always be a challenge, but …
Self-regulation will always be a challenge, but if somebody’s going to be in charge, it…
Our choices add up; each one influences …
Our choices add up; each one influences others, and cumulatively a series of delightful short-term…
Maybe it would be better to acknowledge, …
Maybe it would be better to acknowledge, like the Greeks, that a lot of behavior…
In the modern world, self-control buys a …
In the modern world, self-control buys a good life indeed. Having self-control to spare is…
In matters of self-control as we shall …
In matters of self-control as we shall see again and again, speed kills. But a…
Exercising self-restraint can be depleting, yet it …
Exercising self-restraint can be depleting, yet it can also be ennobling.
~ Daniel Akst
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Besides, what matters, when it comes to …
Besides, what matters, when it comes to self-control, isn’t so much willpower as vision-the ability…
Be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, …
Be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no…
At least one study of blocked writers …
At least one study of blocked writers has found that they were more productive and…
You can only perceive real beauty in …
You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.
~ Anouk…