Self-discipline vs self-control

Self-control, an ability to overcome your current state of want or desire, and appreciate the needs of your future self, is similar to the feelings of empathy and selflessness, which essentially is the same ability projected on others.

The feelings of self-control and empathy generate fr...

• Self-control is indeed a resource, but a renewable, psychological one.
• Goals that are motivated from within—for reasons that are personally important to us—are more likely to succeed than those that are motivated from without.
• Succeeding at self-contro...

Material things aren’t the only measure of success, in fact, achieving happiness is the true measure of success.

The desire to be happy is the one thing that drives all humans forward in life, and self-discipline is of utmost importance in achieving that. After all, you wi...