My Self-Control is Running on Empty

By Ammoland

By Dr. Gary Welton

Grove City, PA –-(Ammoland.com)- Self-control is more important than self-esteem. The ability to control one’s activities is more predictive of success than is intelligence.

When it comes to self-control, research supports Ralph Waldo Emerson’s adage that “character is higher than intellect.”

What does the research say about levels of self-control? This question must be answered in two ways.

First, some people have a self-control gauge that is perpetually pointing low. As such, self-control can be seen as a character trait that is relatively stable over time, such that some individuals in most situations evidence a low level of self-control.

For these people the question is, how can I develop a higher level of self-control?

For others, however, the self-control gauge is in a state of flux; these individuals experience a high level of self-control at most times but a low level at others. Like your gasoline gauge, sometimes the needle is pointing at F, but other times it is pointing at E.

This variable level of self-control implies a different question, how can I maintain higher levels of self-control?

Using the gauge analogy, we are asking whether the car is …read more

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