Sometimes, I think about how easy it is for a person’s life to get ruined or dreams to be destroyed. These destructions are ...

According to a recent study, however, being physically active may have a greater impact. The right exercise routine may ...

Self-control, the ability to override or change internal impulses for the benefit of longer-term, strategic goals, has always been treasured as an admirable human trait. For example, Confucius taught ...

If your children are well-behaved, do they stand a greater chance of having healthy, happy lives as adults? A new study says yes. After tracking just over 1,000 New Zealanders from birth to the age of ...

Athens, Ga. – Before patting yourself on the back for resisting that cookie or kicking yourself for giving in to temptation, look around. A new University of Georgia study has revealed that ...

In Stoic philosophy, there was a concept called “apatheia,” from which we get the English word “apathy” but which means something very different. “Apatheia” refers to the state of being unmoved by the ...

In my last post, I discussed several factors that motivate impulse buying. Those included personality, hedonism, and personal connections with products. While those factors can and do motivate impulse ...

Science confirms what high performers have known for years: It’s not easy being so competent. A study from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business suggests that people with high self-control — the kind of ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Biscayne Bay (bottom) and Mackinaw (top) break ice in the lower end of the Rock Cut in the St. Mary's River in Mich., Dec. 22, 2010. The cutters were called to break ice in ...