User:Mjcostello38

Hello, my specialty is in Organization Psychology and my main interest is in Personal Development about which I write a weekly blog at www.personaldevelopmenttoolbox.com.

I speak English and in my leisure hours I listen to classical music, read novels both classical and modern, and spend as much time as I can gardening. Over the years I've used Wikipedia as a source of information and it has been invaluable to me in all my areas of interest and I hope I can do my bit to help to meet its objective of continually improving the quality and range of information it provides.

Develop Your Self-control Wednesday 30 Novemebr, 2011 “Adult college students who score high on self-control get better grades, have better interpersonal relationships, suffer fewer psychopathological symptoms, are better adjusted psychologically, and are less prone to problems of eating and drinking disorders than students who score lower in self-control” (Ehgles et al. 2002; Finkel and Campbell 2001; Tangney and Baumeister 2000; Vohs et al. 2002). Self-control is the word most commonly used to describe the ability to control our behaviour, emotions, desires and impulses. We also use words like willpower, self-discipline, self-regulation, self-reliance, impulse-regulation, and delayed-gratification. Which gives some indication of the various ways of thinking about this ability that is crucial to our personal development and well-being. Read more at www.personaldevelopmenttoolbox.com