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These strategies make it easier to stick to your good habits.
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If only you could control yourself. If you had more willpower, you could finally lose those last 10 pounds. If you had more self-control, you could finally stop procrastinating, save for retirement, stick to an exercise routine, and avoid various vices such as alcohol and cigarettes.
A new book suggests self-control is the key to success and that learning to defer gratification can change your life. But is it really that simple?
New Year, new you… if only it was that simple. But it turns out scientists are discovering there are some mind tricks that can take your powers of self-control to the next level.
Doing what needs to be done and resisting unhealthy temptations are really two sides of the same coin.
It’s the self-control to say “no” to too much eating, spending, video gaming, alcohol consumption and other indulgences that keep us from goals we’ve set. It’s something we all wish we had more of: willpower.
Simple changes to your surroundings can short-circuit your cravings and help you eat less.
One of the biggest challenges in meeting any goal, whether it be related to productivity, waking early, changing a habit, exercising, or just becoming happier, is finding the motivation to stick with it.
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Do you find yourself always setting goals but then struggling to actually achieve them? Have you been embarrassed that you shared your goals with your friends and family, only to never make any real progress? Do you find yourself starting over again and again? What if I told you that sharing your...
In 2011, 27% of the respondents of the Stress in America survey reported a lack of willpower as the greatest obstacle to change.
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