Self-control, conscientiousness, grit, emotion regulation, willpower - the importance of training
Last updated on 16th July 2011
(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
(this blog post is downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
(today's & the first self-control blog post have been combined and are downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
(today's & the next self-control blog post have been combined and are downloadable as either a Word doc or a PDF handout).
This blog post is downloadable both as a Word doc and as a PDF file.
I thank you God for most this amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of the trees, and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.
- e e cummings
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.