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Persons With Drug Addictions Who Live in the Moment May Benefit Most From Certain Treatments
Drug-dependent people who least take the future into account may, paradoxically, be the ones to benefit the most from certain treatments, a clinical study suggests.
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Good Results Are Worth the Wait. Self-Control Will Get You There.
Entrepreneur: The ability to manage our emotions and exert self-control is considered one of the cornerstones of emotional intelligence and a key predictor of personal and professional success. Yet, it doesn’t take a marshmallow test
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Have a Patience Problem? Here’s a Solution
Inc.: Gratefulness and patience don’t always come easily–especially in the tough, early days of a startup. However, recent research suggests that one trait might naturally boost the other, which is something you can use to
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The Addict’s Perilous Bargain
The Huffington Post: I’ve spent a fair amount of time around addicts over the years, and this I know. Addicts are great bargainers. Addicts will promise to forego the pleasures of booze or drugs or
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Is Gratitude a Tool for Patience?
Recovering alcoholics who find their way into the rooms of AA are told to expect dramatic changes in attitude and outlook. Their feelings of uselessness and self-pity will disappear, they are told, as will their
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Can You Boost Your Self-Control?
Fast Company: As far as examples of willpower go, one of the most impressive you’ll ever find is the “incredible Buddha boy”chronicled in GQ a few years back by George Saunders. The boy had been
