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Ocupation: Professor

Life: b. May 16, 1953

Birthday: May 16

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Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.

source: - "Why willpower matters – and how to get it" by Jon Henley, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2012.

Topics: Running, Animal, Discipline, Restraining

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Willpower is a muscle that can be strengthened.

Topics: Willpower, Muscles

Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.

Topics: Educational, Pregnancy, School, Overeating, Underperformance

Researchers were surprised to find that people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did. . . . people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.

Topics: Strong, School, Self, Strong Self, Researchers

Trophies should go to the winners. Self-esteem does not lead to success in life. Self-discipline and self-control do, and sports can help teach those.

Topics: Sports, Self Esteem, Discipline, Discipline And Self Control

What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans.

Topics: Animal, Pursuit Of Happiness, Unique, Natural World

For most of us... the problem is not a lack of goals but rather too many of them.

source: - Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney (2011). “Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength”, p.56, Penguin

Topics: Goal, Problem

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

Topics: Self Esteem, May, Ends, High Self Esteem

Violence appears to be most commonly a result of threatened egotism -- that is, highly favorable views of self that are disputed by some person or circumstance. ... violence is perpetrated by a small subset of people with favorable views of themselves. ... Viewed in this light, the societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

Topics: Self Esteem, Light, Views, High Self Esteem

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

Topics: Self Esteem, People, Unstable

Evil is not likely to result where people firmly believe that ends do not justify the means.

Topics: Believe, Mean, People

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