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Why Emotional Self-Control Matters

Releasing anger and frustration can actually help you regain control over a hectic day or win back productivity after feeling frazzled. But you have to do it with awareness.

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5 Steps to Better Self-Control

These strategies make it easier to stick to your good habits.

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The Number One Secret to Superhuman Willpower

Fasting is by far the most sophisticated willpower workout available. If you get good at fasting, you can learn to control every other aspect of your life. If you get good at fasting, you can overcome any addiction, not matter how deeply imbedded.

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Self-Discipline in Eating and Exercising

No one can force you to eat right and exercise, so you must use self-discipline to get up off the couch and throw away that bag of chips.

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Life Hacks from Marcus Aurelius: How Stoicism Can Help Us

Stepping back from emotional and physical chaos to reach a state of calm, clear-headed thinking is the bedrock of Stoicism, a philosophy famously practiced by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Learn more in this Knowledge@Wharton interview with author and psychotherapist Donald Robertson.

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17 Self-Discipline Exercises to Build Your Self-Control Muscle

This article covers self-discipline theory and the evolution of the concept, to answer some of your most common questions about willpower.

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Who Is the Iceman?

Wim Hof claims that a combination of cold exposure, meditation, and breathing techniques can strengthen your inner nature and prevent disease.

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Can Breathing Like Wim Hof Make Us Superhuman?

Wim Hof has run marathons barefoot and shirtless above the Arctic Circle, dove under the ice at the North Pole and languished in ice baths for north of 90 minutes—all feats that he attributes to a special kind of breathing practice.

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5 Skills to Help You Develop Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence is a set of skills you can get better at with practice. Here are five skills you can cultivate to make you a more emotionally intelligent person.

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What Is Emotional Intelligence? +18 Ways to Improve It

What’s more important: IQ or emotional intelligence? If you think IQ is more important, you might be surprised at what you’ll learn in this piece. Some argue that it’s more important to our success than cognitive intelligence.

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