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How to Develop and Increase Your Self-Control

By Remez Sasson

Self-control is the ability to control impulses and reactions, and is another name for
self-discipline.

It is not some kind of negative and limiting behavior, as some people might think.
When self-control is used wisely and with common sense, it becomes one of the
most important tools for self improvement and for achieving success.

It is the ability and skill that enables you to say "no" and "enough" to yourself. It
helps you abstain from harmful extremes of behavior and actions, avoid eating
unhealthy food, and stop doing anything that might be harmful for you and for
others.

Self control is vital for overcoming obsessions, fears, addictions, and any kind of
unsuitable behavior. It puts you in control of your life, your behavior, and your
reactions. It improves your relationships, develops patience and tolerance, and is an
important tool for attaining success and happiness.

In what way self-control helps you?

◾ It keeps in check self-destructive, addictive, obsessive and compulsive

behavior.

◾ Gives you a sense of mastery over your life, and brings balance into your life.

◾ Self-control helps to keep over-emotional responses in check or moderation.

◾ Self-control eliminates the feeling helplessness and being too dependent on

others.

◾ It helps to manifest mental and emotional detachment <

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◾ It enables to control moods and reject negative feelings and thoughts.

 ◾ Self-control strengthens self-esteem, confidence, inner strength, self-mastery
and willpower.

◾ It enables you to take charge of your life.

◾ It makes you a responsible and trustworthy human being.

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What Are the Obstacles to Self-Control

• Lack of knowledge and understanding what self-control really is.

• Strong and uncontrolled emotional responses.

• Reacting to outside stimuli, without thinking first.

• Lack of discipline and willpower.

• Lack of the desire to change and improve.

• Considering self-control as a limiting and unpleasant activity.

• The belief that self control eliminates fun.

• Lack of faith in oneself and in one's abilities.

How to Increase Self Control - Developing Self
Control
How can you have more self control? How can you increase it? Here are a few
suggestions.

1) First you need to identify in what areas of your life you need to gain more self-
control. Where do you find yourself lacking in self-control?

Possible areas could be:

• Eating junk food or overeating

• Addiction to shopping

• Drinking too much alcohol

• Spending too many hours working and leaving no time for anything else

• Addiction to gambling

• Smoking

• Obsessive behavior

• Being quick to get angry

2) Try identifying the emotions that lack control, such as anger, dissatisfaction,
unhappiness, resentment or fear.

3) Identify the thoughts and beliefs that push you to behave in an uncontrolled
manner.

4) After identifying all the above issues, devote a few minutes every day for thinking
about the consequences of this behavior and how your life would be different
without them.

5) Several times a day, especially when you need to display self control, repeat for a
minute or two one of the following affirmations:

1. I am fully in control of myself.

2. I have the power to choose my emotions and thoughts.

3. Self-control brings me inner strength and leads me to success.

4. I am in control of my reactions.

5. I am in charge of my behavior.
 6. I am gaining control of my emotions.>

7. I am the maser of my life.

8. Day by day my ability to control my feelings and thoughts is increasing.

9. Self-control is fun and pleasure.

6) Visualize < https://www.successconsciousness.com/index_00000e.htm > yourself

acting with self-control and self-restraint. Take one of the instances where you
usually act with lack of control, and visualize that you are acting calmly and with self-
mastery.

7) Your self control will improve considerably, if you work on developing and
increasing your willpower and self-discipline through appropriate exercises. This is
actually the most important step for developing self control.

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About the Author

Remez Sasson <
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and creator of Success Consciousness website. He writes books <
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articles to help people improve their life, achieve success, gain
inner strength and inner peace, and become more positive and
happy.

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