Want More Self-Control? It May Zap Your Confidence
I don't know about you but I hate it when I'm not in control, of the world or myself. I arrive minutes early (it enrages my son) for just about anything, because I like to get the lay of the land. And I check my email a thousand times (well, maybe more like a hundred) times before I go out because I don't want to miss anything. Now a new study says that wanting more self-control can actually hinder our efforts to obtain it. Huh? Haven't we all been programmed to strive for self-control? Whether it's wanting that extra piece of chocolate cake (Donald Trump, I'm looking at you) or unwise spending habits (that's me), going after that extra bit of self-control can, well, maybe harm us rather than help us, in the end. Newswise.com reports that new research points out that, ironically, wanting to have more self-control could actually be an obstacle to achieving it (regardless of one’s actual level of self-control). The study, done by Bar-Ilan Universit...