Are you a high-control or low-control person? Some people have a higher capacity for self-control. Such people often also have a stronger need to feel in control and have a higher expectation of ...

Why is it, have you ever wondered, that certain goals are very difficult to achieve? Is it because you don’t want to pursue these goals but have to? And is that challenging because you lack discipline ...

People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

Motivation starts and ends with a decision, not a feeling. Ah, feeling motivated. It seems to come, and it goes. It ebbs and flows. I’m a firm believer in the idea that motivation is not something ...

Self-control has long been regarded as one of the strongest predictors of success. Most of us can picture that colleague who never misses a deadline, volunteers for extra projects and keeps everything ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...

True self-motivation, grounded in EQ, is about building a system of motivation, challenge, and rest that allows you to push yourself without veering toward burnout. In 2016, an interviewer for GQ ...