Self-control, the ability to override or change internal impulses for the benefit of longer-term, strategic goals, has always been treasured as an admirable human trait. For example, Confucius taught ...

Small commitments to yourself may feel trivial — but psychologists say they may form the foundation of genuine self-respect, ...

Do you ever feel like you’re being pulled in a million directions? In addition, maintaining a balanced work-life seems impossible when to-do lists stack up and deadlines loom. This is where ...

Self-leadership is a process through which individuals influence their own behavior to achieve the self-direction and self-motivation necessary to perform, empower themselves, and achieve personal ...

There are several developmental tasks and challenges of adolescence and emerging adulthood, including increasing independence, decreasing parental support and oversight, shifting social and emotional ...

These are comments I might get when people learn about my lifestyle. I’m one of those annoying people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables, exercise five times a week, save a portion of their salary, ...

The sordid event on forest road involving a female motorist being assaulted by a boda boda gang spoke not only of the rot in our ethics as a society but also of the fact that we are such a disorderly ...

Imagine a workplace where employees don’t wait for instructions, micromanagement doesn’t exist, and innovation flows organically. This is the world of self-managed teams—groups of individuals trusted ...

A scientific squabble over how to define self-control draws from an unlikely source: A story from Greek mythology. Sailing home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, Odysseus longed to hear the Sirens’ ...

A brief history of the movement for workers' self-management in the 20th and 21st centuries. Examines instances of workers' control in Yugoslavia, Chile, Bolivia, Peru and contemporary Argentina.