Entries Tagged as 'discipline'

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Why Change Is So Hard: Self-Control Is Exhaustible

So picture this: Students come into a lab. It smells amazing—someone has just baked chocolate-chip cookies. On a table in front of them, there are two bowls. One has the fresh-baked cookies. The other has a bunch of radishes. Some of the students are asked to eat some cookies but no radishes. Others are told [...]

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Buddhism – Religion and Self-control

“Thinking about the oneness of humanity and the unity of nature doesn’t seem to be related to self-control,” Dr McCullough said. “The self-control effect seems to come from being engaged in religious institutions and behaviours.” Does this mean that non-believers like me should start going to church? Even if you don’t believe in a supernatural [...]

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Cash for Weight Loss: Website Pays People to Slim Down

According to a 2008 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, dieters who had a financial incentive to lose weight were nearly five times as likely to meet their goal when compared with dieters who had no potential for a financial reward. via time.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Dale Would Go

Dale Webster has been surfing, every day, for the last 32 years.