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  • The Causes of Poverty (59): Stress


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    ( source ) Stress is often a consequence of poverty, but it can also make poverty worse. Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee have noted in Poor Economics that [t]here is a strong association between poverty and the level of cortisol produced by the body, an indicator of stress. Conversely, cortisol levels go ...
    23 hours ago
  • Self-Control by Ruth


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    In all the time we were friends, I never had to pretend, To care less than I did, Or ignore you when I really wanted to talk. You never asked me to be someone else. My support was appreciated, And our friendship you nurtured. We shared control. Over time, Your lips became those I wanted to kiss, Your hands those I ...
    4 days ago
  • Get A Grip on Your Thought Life


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    Share Get A Grip on Your Thought Life by Olga Hermans   Our thought life can cause us to have certain attitudes without even realizing it. They have an effect on our relationships and they even determine how productive we will be during the day; they have a huge impact on the overall quality of [...] Get A Grip on ...
    5 days ago
  • Managing the media time-suck: Try a little self-control


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    Screen grab from visitsteve.com. Lately I feel like my brain is made of mush. I just don’t feel as mentally sharp as I could be and any project I undertake is constantly interrupted and punctuated by my obsessive-compulsive need to check my email and my Facebook account. Sound familiar? Now, I suppose no one will ...
    5 days ago
  • Drinking (and Eating) a Paycheck


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    Who will come to poverty according to Proverbs 23:21? The drunkard and the glutton. Proverbs 23:19-21 is an earnest appeal from father to son (Proverbs 23:19) admonishing not to associate with drunkards and gluttons (Proverbs 23:20). The father’s rationale is quite practical: For the heavy drinker and the glutton ...
    6 days ago
  • You Pick: Self-Control Or Self-Love?


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    “All I really want is to be able to get swimsuit-ready down there without having a knock-down, drag-out fight with my belly and breasts. Is that really too much to ask?” I would love to tell you that this quote came from one of my coaching clients, but it didn’t. I’ve said that and a truly [...]
    6 days ago
  • Self-Control


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    A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. ~ Proverbs 25:28 (ESV)
    6 days ago
  • History of Psychology: How A Marshmallow Shaped Our Views of Self-Control


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    Imagine that you’re 4 years old and that it’s 1968. You’re brought into a small room, a “game room,” with a table, chair and three sugary snacks. You’re asked to pick one treat. You choose the marshmallow. Then you’re told that you can either have the marshmallow right away by ringing a bell, or wait a ...
    6 days ago
  • Principle Number 6: Turn the Other Cheek


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    The moral principal for defusing physical bullying has been known for thousands of years. read more
    1 week ago
  • Principle Number 6: Turn the Other Cheek


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    The moral principal for defusing physical bullying has been known for thousands of years. read more
    1 week ago
  • Assume Benign Intent


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    My anger was rising. Every time he spoke, I grew more frustrated and irritated. I could feel my blood pressure rising, my face flushing, my lips tightening, and my shoulders hunching forward. I knew that I was furrowing my brow and that my voice was growing flatter and more menacing with each verbal exchange. While I ...
    1 week ago
  • Are You an Abstainer or a Moderator?


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    I’ve posted this quiz before, but because I think it’s such a very helpful thing to know about yourself, I’m posting it again. Recognizing this distinction has been one of the most important insights that I’ve had into my own nature — more helpful, say, than understanding that I’m an under-buyer, not an ...
    1 week ago
  • Whats Wrong When Losing Unwanted Weight Requires More and More Self-Control?


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    by Marias Last Diet Dieting and weight loss as they are currently practiced require a lot of self-control. Self-control, in this case, refers to the restraint the eater has to exercise regarding the amount, kind, and frequency of eating. If losing unwanted weight is primarily psychological, then trying to ...
    1 week ago
  • Martial Arts For Children


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    These days, martial arts are something that everyone should know. With crime at an all time high, knowing how to defend yourself is essential. For the children, martial arts can mean a lot of things. Even though martial arts is great for adults to know and practice as well, it is also a great way [...]
    1 week ago
  • Self-Improvement Sundays: Are You Reaching Your Full Potential?


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    Welcome to the first edition of Self-Improvement Sunday. Most of you probably don’t know this, but I refuse to do more than a few minutes of business work on Sundays. Sundays are instead dedicated to spending time with friends, talking with family, reading up on news and books, and overall just learning more about ...
    1 week ago
  • Accept Our Failure


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    Many women, according to some romance novels, as well as in real life, when they fail in their relationship with their peers who crossed their paths by pheromones, Pall to such an extent that when they come to realize it has already made a bad choice. It is not always good to be carried away by the passion that body ...
    1 week ago
  • Dr. Michael Posner on Developing Brain Networks and Self-Control


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    Dr. Posner will provide an update on latest research and applications to develop brain networks and self-control, at the upcoming  2012 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (June 7-14th, 2012). Michael Pos­ner is Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus at the Uni­ver­sity of Ore­gon and Adjunct Pro­fes­sor at the Weill Med­ical ...
    1 week ago
  • What’s the ONE Big Secret to Self-Control?


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    There’s a mind-numbingly large body of literature on will-power, enough to make you so exhausted you’ll want to eat an extra couple of brownies, or drink an extra couple of glasses of beer. But there’s one very simple trick that side-steps most of the obstacles. read more
    1 week ago
  • What’s the ONE Big Secret to Self-Control?


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    There’s a mind-numbingly large body of literature on will-power, enough to make you so exhausted you’ll want to eat an extra couple of brownies, or drink an extra couple of glasses of beer. But there’s one very simple trick that side-steps most of the obstacles. read more
    1 week ago
  • R. J. Palacio’s WONDER


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    This post reviews R. J. Palacio’s children’s book Wonder (Knopf, 2012). I’ve reviewed a lot of children’s books with homeschooling themes on this blog over the years.  This one may be my favorite.  August Pullman is a boy born with serious, serious face abnormalities, so much so that his parents ...
    1 week ago

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