“First I make a list of priorities: one, two, three, and so on. Then I cross out everything from three on down.” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Emotional control typically relies on various subtle tricks, such as changing how one thinks about the problem at hand, or distracting oneself. Hence,” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“the British humorist Sir A. P. Herbert nicely described the conflicting set of symptoms: “Thank heaven, I have given up smoking again!” he announced.… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“We’ve seen parents successfully use a variant of this approach when an infant cries to be fed. Instead of immediately feeding the crying child, the mother lets the child know that the signal has been received but then waits for her or him to quiet down before offering the breast or the bottle. Again, it’s hard to ignore the cries… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share
“We’ve said that willpower is humans’ greatest strength, but the best strategy is not to rely on it in all situations. Save it for… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“The ones who wrote about what they had already achieved had higher satisfaction with their current tasks and projects, as compared with the ones… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Napoleon once summarized his idea of strategic military planning: “You engage, and then you wait and see.” By making contact with the enemy and… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“What stress really does, though, is deplete willpower, which diminishes your ability to control those emotions.” — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Charles Darwin wrote in The Descent of Man, “The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
“Religion deals with the highest levels of meaning. As a result, it can interpret each life or each event in a context that runs… — Roy F. Baumeister Copy Share Image
