You can learn self-control by relying on your support system, being flexible and creating a burden-free environment.

Small wins, repeated daily, beat bursts of motivation. Here are 8 quiet habits that build unshakeable self-control—and ...

Mindfulness is a strategy of calming the mind and the sense of being aware of what our mind is doing in the present moment (Epstein, 2018). Here are 7 lessons mindfulness can teach about improving ...

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 ...

Every year, nearly half of all Americans start the year with a resolution to change something about their lives. People make goals to try to be healthier and happier versions of themselves. But most ...

Discipline isn’t built in rare moments of willpower—it’s forged in the habits you repeat every weekend. Master these 8 rituals and you’ll have more self-control than 99% of people.

Self-control, the ability to override or change internal impulses for the benefit of longer-term, strategic goals, has always been treasured as an admirable human trait. For example, Confucius taught ...

Psychologist Susan Pinker explores new discoveries in the science of human nature. Read previous columns here. In the early 1980s, a group of psychologists, led by Richard Tremblay of the University ...

BERLIN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Shoppers walk past a store advertising sales on Schlossstrasse shopping street in Steglitz district during the fourth wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic on December ...