Self Discipline

Myopic Misery: The Financial Cost of Sadness

Wray Herbert | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Emotions, Impulsivity, Judgment, Money, Personal Finance, Sadness, Depression, Self-Discipline, Impatience, Decision Making, Delayed Gratification, Behavioral Economics, Science News
Wray Herbert

Apparently, sadness has the effect of bringing to mind "take the money and run" rationalizations, rapidly and elaborately, which can lead to lousy judgments and real financial losses.

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5 Tips for Boosting Your Willpower

Christine Carter, PhD | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Habits, Change, Diet, Exercise, Willpower, Will Power, Gps-Soul, Diet Willpower, Healthy Habits, Self Discipline, Emotional Intelligence, Increase Willpower, Healthy Living News
Christine Carter, PhD

Who among us has not made a plan to get up in the morning and exercise, but then hit snooze one time too many, sleeping through our morning jog?

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Why Religion Makes You Disciplined

Wray Herbert | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Religion, Morality, God, Judgment, Self-Discipline, Self-Control, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Why Do We Have Religion, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

A team of psychological scientists at Queen's University, Ontario, is now offering a novel idea about the origin of religion, and what's more they're delivering some preliminary scientific evidence to support their reasoning.

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5 Ways To Regain Motivation

Robert Leahy, Ph.D. | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Cbt, Motivation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Overcoming Obstacles, Mindfulness, Self-Discipline Tips, Healthy Living Spirit, Self-Discipline, Goals, Motivation Advice, Healthy Living Health News, Motivation Tips, Slidepollajax, Success and Motivation, Healthy Living News
Robert Leahy, Ph.D.

What's the bottom line? Motivation is not the force that comes before the action -- it is you acting in your interests. Motivation comes after the behavior.

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The Partner Paradox: 'Outsourcing' Self-Discipline

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Interpersonal Relationships, Dependence, Emotional Support, Partner Paradox, Health Psychology, Self-Discipline, Self-Control, Motivation, Goal Setting, Emotional Dependence, Inspiration, Emotional Support Discipline, Emotional Support Motivation, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

Is it possible that having a supportive partner might have the opposite and paradoxical effect, actually undermining effort and commitment to health and fitness goals over the long haul?

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Take Back Your Attention

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Attention, Focus, Computers, Amy Chua, Attention Span, Technology, Self-Control, Self-Discipline, Technology-Overload, Healthy Living News
Tony Schwartz

Something insidious has happened. The same device most of us use to get our primary work accomplished is also now the repository of 1,000 distractions and every imaginable source of immediate gratification.

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Kiss Your Inner Drill Sergeant Goodbye

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self-Compassion, Self-Compassion Diet, Self Help, Weight Loss Success, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Self-Discipline, Success Weight Loss, Weight Loss Solutions, Healthy Living News
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

Bullying yourself slim may make for good TV drama, but if you're serious about slimming down, the bully shape-up strategy is nothing but bad news.

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Six Keys to Changing Almost Anything

Tony Schwartz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Growth, Change, Prefrontal Cortex, Self-Discipline, Automaticity, Overcoming Challenge, Transformation, Healthy Living News
Tony Schwartz

Most of us wildly overvalue our will and discipline: Fully 95 percent of our behaviors are habitual, or occur in response to a strong external stimulus. Only 5 percent of our choices are consciously self-selected.

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Booting Up

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workforce, Millennials in the Workplace, Boot Camps, Overprotection, Trophy Kids, Experience, Achievement Gap, Millennials, Trends, Toughening, Parenting, Self-Discipline, Resiliency, Business News
Marian Salzman

This is the fifth in a series of 12 posts expounding on the 2011 forecasts in the annual trends report from Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide ...

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Dog Tired: What Our Hounds Can Teach Us About Self-Control

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cognitive Psychology, Self-Control, Self-Discipline, Delayed Gratification, Psychological Science, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

New research is now suggesting a much more primitive explanation for our powers of self-discipline--one that brings us down a notch or two in the animal kingdom.

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Framing

Jim Randel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Traffic, Patience, Business, Self-Discipline, Anthony-Robbins, Framing, Willpower, Healthy Living News
Jim Randel

Instead of reminding myself every day that I had one of the shortest commutes of anyone in America, I started bemoaning the school bus traffic.

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The Long Term Benefits Of Self Discipline

newyorker.com | Jonah Lehrer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Eating, Patience, Adhd, Metacognition, Personality, Self-Discipline, Self-Control, Health, Will Power, Healthy Living News

According to Walter Mischel, this view of will power also helps explain why the marshmallow task is such a powerfully predictive test. "If you can dea...

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6 Tips For Getting Yourself To Do Something You Don't Want To Do

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Efficiency, Daily Life, Self-Discipline, Happiness, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

How many times each day do you try to work yourself up to tackle some undesirable task? If you're like me - several. Here are some strategies that I've used.

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