This is part four of a five-part series. Leaders routinely repress or defer their own needs, desires, goals, or emotions in service of others, which is called self-control. While many leaders are ...

A new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science challenges the conventional wisdom regarding the ...

Self-control refers to the process of resisting temptations (e.g., eating junk food) that conflict with enduring goals that usually involve bigger but delayed rewards (maintaining a healthy weight and ...

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 ...

You’ve probably been told your whole life to just “try harder” when it comes to impulse control. For many neurodivergent ...

Boróka Bó receives funding from Enterprise Ireland. She has previously received funding from the National Science Foundation and held a Soros Fellowship. Kamila Kolpashnikova receives funding from ...

Many people struggle with intrusive thoughts about being a narcissistic person, concerned that they’re manipulating people in their life or being the toxic person everyone loathes in their close ...

In recent years, “bring your whole self to work” has become one of the most overused slogans in the corporate lexicon. It sounds liberating, human, and progressive: an antidote to the sterile, ...