People who can delay gratification and master their impulses thrive in life. And experts say that you can learn skills to rein in bad habits. By Christina Caron We tend to respect and even idolize ...

Discipline isn’t built in rare moments of willpower—it’s forged in the habits you repeat every weekend. Master these 8 ...

What do the following have in common? Stopping yourself from buying a high-performance laptop because you want to save up enough money to take your family on a nice vacation. Snacking on baby carrots, ...

I was thinking of starting this post by asking you to cue the 1980s Laura Branigan hit “Self Control”—except this version of self-control won’t have you losing your mind in the middle of the night.

A new study finds people who habitually try to be happier also tend to have less willpower. Researchers have a new explanation for why we experience the "happiness paradox" -- a phenomenon wherein ...