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  • Self-Control, and the man of _Imperfect Self-Control_, while others distinguish between them.

    Ethics 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle

  • Dude, this is what I call lack of Self-Control, which is one-third of Control in my course, which you would have had if you'd invested in it and memorized it.

    AskMen.com - HOME PAGE 2010

  • FOCUS and Follow - through, I can tell you that is actually refreshing that Frank's System makes you wait, 'impatiently' for the next class to arrive because whether you realize it or not he is instilling the Discipline of Self-Discipline and Self-Control which is critical to building a profitable business for the long term.

    Barbie in a Blender 2010

  • Akst is the author of "We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in the Age of Excess," and a contributor to Slate.

    'Precommitment' devices as a safeguard against failure Daniel Akst 2011

  • I also think it is interesting to compare where things were when I was in college to the sort of thing Rev. Norman Peale wrote about in “Sin, Sex, and Self-Control” (written during the sexual revolution largely as a sort of partial argument against the sexual revolution).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » District Attorney Suggests That It May Be a Crime for Teachers to Follow the New State Law Mandating Certain Forms of Sex Education 2010

  • We should learn how to be more “Self-Control” and see clearly what is good and bad for us, so as to avoid chaos and self-destruction.

    Global Voices in English » Jackie Chan: Chinese need control 2009

  • Daniel Goleman, in his Emotional Intelligence, touches on the field for the popular reading audience, and papers like "To Do or Not to Do: The Neural Signature of Self-Control," are now and then covered in scientific publications like the Journal of Neuroscience.

    Patrick Takahashi: The Stanford Marshmallow Test Patrick Takahashi 2011

  • Daniel Goleman, in his Emotional Intelligence, touches on the field for the popular reading audience, and papers like "To Do or Not to Do: The Neural Signature of Self-Control," are now and then covered in scientific publications like the Journal of Neuroscience.

    Patrick Takahashi: The Stanford Marshmallow Test Patrick Takahashi 2011

  • Email Self-Control -- Declutter your inbox by unsubscribing to anything you don't need or read regularly, and try not to continue long email conversations that aren't necessary.

    Kari Henley: Reclaiming Spare Time 2010

  • Email Self-Control -- Declutter your inbox by unsubscribing to anything you don't need or read regularly, and try not to continue long email conversations that aren't necessary.

    Kari Henley: Reclaiming Spare Time 2010

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