Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - the importance of training
Originally added on 8th July 2011
Last updated on 16th July 2011
Last updated on 16th July 2011
Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - how do you measure it?
Originally added on 27th June 2011
Last updated on 9th April 2015
Last updated on 9th April 2015
(the "brief self-control scale" is downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF file; the "grit scales", assessing ability to commit to longer term projects, are downloadable as PDF files; assessment of the broader quality of "conscientiousness" as part of the big five personality assessment is downloadable as a Word doc or PDF file, as too an additional "bac
Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - possible adverse effects
Originally added on 22nd June 2011
Last updated on 16th March 2015
Last updated on 16th March 2015
(this blog post is downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - more on the many benefits
Originally added on 18th June 2011
Last updated on 11th August 2018
Last updated on 11th August 2018
(today's & the first self-control blog post have been combined and are downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - whatever word you use, it's sure important to have it
Originally added on 14th June 2011
Last updated on 11th August 2018
Last updated on 11th August 2018
(today's & the next self-control blog post have been combined and are downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
A research-based book on goal setting & goal achievement: overview
Originally added on 29th May 2011
Last updated on 7th August 2011
Last updated on 7th August 2011
Recent research: three studies on CBT, one on implementation intentions and two on compassion
Originally added on 17th March 2011
Last updated on 5th April 2011
Last updated on 5th April 2011
Mental contrasting: a way to boost our commitment to goals we care about
Originally added on 20th February 2011
Last updated on 15th January 2018
Last updated on 15th January 2018
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file.
Recent research: 2 mindfulness studies, 2 on goal setting, 1 on wellbeing & reduction in risk of mental illness, 1 on compassion
Originally added on 23rd December 2010
Last updated on 5th January 2011
Last updated on 5th January 2011
I: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 9
“ We must all die. But that I can save (a person) from days of torture, that is what I feel as my great and ever new privilege. Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death himself. ” - Albert Schweitzer
Yesterday was the ninth evening of this "Life skills" training. I wrote about the eighth session last week. The sequence of regular weekly classes now moves on to increasing gaps between sessions - so it's three weeks until the tenth, a further five weeks until the eleventh, and then an additional eleven weeks until the final twelfth session. My hope is that we will be able to arrange occasional follow-up meetings even after that.
