The Key to Impulse Control
The key to impulse control is a strong and disciplined will, and an unwillingness or inability to delay gratification, forego pleasure, or endure pain is a great predictor of dysfunction.
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The key to impulse control is a strong and disciplined will, and an unwillingness or inability to delay gratification, forego pleasure, or endure pain is a great predictor of dysfunction.
Through scientific investigation, we’ve uncovered the secrets of space travel, sequenced the human genome, cured many diseases, and calculated the age of the universe. But I think there’s a lack of truly scientific inquiry into the dynamics of peaceful co-existence.
Reading about the state of institutional care for mentally ill people in Mexico brought to mind an experience of my own from a pre-internship training practicum in the early 1980s at a hospital in the United States.
Many political pundits suggest we’ve been witnessing a time of unprecedented incivility and political dysfunction within the US government. But a thoughtful look at the historical record would indicate otherwise.
One of the secrets of parenting is that we’re always teaching our children, whether we mean to or not. Our own experience with scarcity can influence our children in ways we don’t intend.
The election of a new pope holds renewed promise of the fulfillment of hopes, dreams and yearnings, as well as the possibility of a return to revered values and principles.
In the recently ended television show Fringe, emotion is at the heart of the conflict. But while negative emotions can be destructive, the real danger is when we feel nothing at all.
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