Selfcontrol

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• All or Nothing

  
  Ignorant Historian — Authority: 424
  I’m an all-or-nothing person.  Probably always have been.  I don’t like things being halfway, don’t like unresolved issues or projects, and don’t like to commit partway. I suppose this is the part of me that’s prone to addiction.  Once I have something I like, I want to have it again and again.  I go to ...
  10 hours ago

• Does saved by grace mean we dont have to be holy?

  
  Wbmoore's Weblog — Authority: 118
  We are saved by the grace of God – it is a free gift (Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8; Revelation 22:17). This is a big deal. There is nothing we can do, or be, to make ourselves worthy of being saved. There is nothing we can do, or be, to make God save us. There is [...]
  11 hours ago

• Taking Inventory and Steps

  
  Been Thinking About — Authority: 115
  Over the months I’ve talked every once in a while about how 12 Step thinking and process echoes basics of true spirituality.Even after the specific language of the Bible has been removed to make the Steps “accessible” to those who come with an aversion to the “religion” of their past, real wisdom ...
  5 days ago

• What is Democracy? (38): The Boundary Problem

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 506
  Most discussions about democracy take one thing for granted: that the composition of the group of people who (have to) govern themselves democratically is already fixed. The topics discussed are: how can these people govern themselves democratically, or more democratically? which procedures, institutions  or ...
  1 week ago

• Blue balls of the mind

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 631
  Argumentative types: how do you avoid becoming this guy ? I love debating. Its less about any passionately-held political convictions (I tend to lean conservative/libertarian, but am enough of a reactionary that I can find reasons to disagree with almost anything) and more about the logic of it. Inaccurate ...
  1 week ago

• Psychologists Suggest Parents Should Wait to Teach Toddlers Self-Control

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  Toddlers are distractible. Their minds flit constantly here and there, and they have a terrible time concentrating on even the most stimulating project. They might be fascinated by a colorful new toy, but only until the next best toy comes along. This can be maddening for parents or teachers, who often try to reign in ...
  1 week ago

• Teaching Yourself Self-discipline

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 534
  The United States Marine Corps. says, “Discipline is the instant willingness and obedience to all orders, respect for authority, self reliance and teamwork.  The ability to do the right thing even when no one is watching or suffer the consequences of guilt which produces pain in our bodies, through pain comes ...
  1 week ago

• Think Right and Change Your Life

  
  AQUACHANNEL — Authority: 141
  You have an amazing Power attached to your thoughts. Think about this. POWER connected to your THOUGHTS. Rephrase: Energy connected to your thinking. Now that you have heard this, do you instinctively concern yourself about the thoughts that endlessly run through your mind? And what about that little “babbling ...
  1 week ago

• Taking Back Your Self-Control

  
  wellbeingandhealth.net — Authority: 124
  Just a quick link to a great post by Chris Edgar. It’s about taking back your self-control from habits (you know when you’ve found yourself doing the habit before you realise – the cigarette is already alight and in your mouth, or you’re already in the middle of that argument again .) Good, practical advice ...
  1 week ago

• The Necessary Surviving Skills

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 534
    Education does play crucial role in the young citizen’s life in society. After all, education is the bedrock of progress in every society. But then is it really enough, when we, the students have to strive through sweat and toils to get a piece of recognition bestowed through a piece of yellow paper to seek our ...
  1 week ago

• Self-control: When optimism is self-defeating

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  The Little Engine that Could is a classic story about the virtue of optimism. In this tale, the eponymous locomotive is challenged to carry freight over a steep mountain top. The little engine struggles in climbing the mountain, but ultimately succeeds in his mission. As the engine falters on its journey, it repeats ...
  1 week ago

• The Picket Line — 22 November 2009

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 158
  22 November 2009 In the final section of the seventh book of The Nicomachean Ethics , Aristotle continues to answer the arguments against pleasure as a/the good that he noted in section eleven , and then he tries to imagine the perfect, divine pleasure. Arguments: 2 Some pleasures may also be goods, but ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Picket Line — 21 November 2009

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 158
  21 November 2009 In the thirteenth section of the seventh book of The Nicomachean Ethics , Aristotle continues to answer the arguments against pleasure as a/the good that he noted in section eleven . First, he notes that pain certainly is bad. Some pain is just plain bad without qualification; other pain ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Picket Line — 20 November 2009

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 158
  20 November 2009 Don’t look now, but… Influential US lawmakers on Thursday called for levying a new income tax to pay for the war in Afghanistan, warning its costs pose a mortal threat to efforts like a sweeping health care overhaul. “Regardless of whether one favors the war or not, if it is to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Three Political Principles

  
  Front Porch Republic — Authority: 133
  Kearneysville, WV. This is a crucial moment in our nation’s history. People of all political stripes recognize that something is deeply amiss. Obama ran a successful campaign championing the idea of change even though the particulars were rather vague. And now, nearly a year into his administration, Obama’s ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Picket Line — 18 November 2009

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 158
  18 November 2009 The concluding sections of book seven of The Nicomachean Ethics concern pleasure, and whether it is something good, bad, or it-depends. Pleasure is also the subject of book ten. These sections also appear in The Eudemean Ethics , which seems to be considered a less-mature treatment of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Picket Line — 17 November 2009

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 158
  17 November 2009 We’re not quite finished with book seven of The Nicomachean Ethics yet, but Aristotle shifts topics here, and I thought I’d try to do a wrap-up of his ten — sometimes overlapping, and at least once just plain contradictory — sections on the subject of self-control. Self-control is what ...
  3 weeks ago

• Just Say “I’m Sorry”

  
  Resolving Conflict in Teams — Authority: 109
  I’ve written about the power of apology in the past, and today I was reminded of the power of the words “I’m sorry” by a short article I read in the November 23 edition of BusinessWeek magazine.As part of a larger article titled 10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now, I found item number [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Week in Lab: Catch-up edition

  
  Reflections on Teaching — Authority: 414
  Between a bought with a cold and new units to set up at work, I’ve gotten behind in my posting, and for this I apologize. Lot’s of interesting things are taking place. Self-Control Unit for upper grade I will come back to this unit over time between other units.  The latest thing I was doing with students was ...
  3 weeks ago

• Didget system for Nintendo DS with glucometer to self-control diabetic

  
  Gadget Folder — Authority: 538
  Handheld game console, Nintendo DS is equipped with a special system, called Didget. It is help diabetic children monitor their condition (blood sugar).The Didget system for Nintendo’s DS Children is £29.99 and works only with the Nintendo DS. A child with type 1 diabetes, they must insert the test strip in the ...
  4 weeks ago

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