We have self-control to the degree that we make the decisions. To affect the outcome of anything, we must control conflict at the point of decision making. Two sides of an argument often involve the intellectual versus the emotional.
So, What is Self-Control?
Self control is the ability to have foresight and great understanding of your actions, feelings and emotions. A good example of self control is when you want to buy pizza but you are on a budget, so you use your willpower to avoid purchasing it because you know it isn’t good for your budget in the long-term
Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle is a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling.
Benefits of Self-Control
- Having self-control enhances your decision making skills.
- Practicing self-control in everyday life brings peace of mind.
- It promotes good leadership.
- The way you discipline yourself is a key role in your success growth rate.
- An attitude of self-control helps to increase your understanding rate.
In the end, we do battle only with ourselves. Once we understand this and focus our energy on what we can do to control our lives. we begin to gain important insights into how life works.
Man, master’s nature not by force but by understanding. For if we do not know the difference between an emotion and a thought, we will know very little. We need to understand the components [of emotions at work in order to free their hold.
We must become acquainted with our emotional household; we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume, they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
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