Tag: <span>self-control</span>

Ulysses is said to have tied himself to the flagpole of his ship, so that as he sailed past the sirens and heard their beautiful voices, he wouldn’t be able to steer the ship into…

To make a better tomorrow, sometimes we have to put up with a not-so-nice today.  Long-term goals mean rejecting many of the things that tempt us in the moment. We don’t want to be a…

When it comes to dieting we often choose to rely on our self-control–a notoriously fragile construct. It’s not easy walking past processed foods in the supermarket without picking up a snack. It’s not easy mustering…