Self-Control

"Self-Control: A Popular Psychology Course at Stanford University" is a popular psychology course at Stanford University. This book provides readers with a clear framework, telling what self-control is, how it works, why self-control is so important, and how to cultivate self-control and take back the control of life! As a health psychologist, Dr. Kelly McGonigal's job is to help people manage stress and make positive changes in their lives. Over the years, by observing how students controlled their choices, she realized that many of the beliefs people held about self-control actually hindered our success. For example, treating self-control as a virtue can derail well-intentioned goals. So McGonigal requires her students to understand the physiological basis, psychological pitfalls and various social factors that influence self-control.