If you can consistently resist these everyday temptations, your self-control is much stronger than most people around you.

Fasting is an exercise in self-discipline. During the month of Ramadan, the believer abstains from food and drink in the ...

The new year is a time when we all try to turn over a new leaf by getting rid of bad habits and developing new ones in their place. But as we all know from personal experience, most New Year’s ...

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, ...

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’ ...