They all involve self-discipline, and fasting is no exception.
To study the process of ego depletion, researchers concentrated initially on acts involving self-control — the kind of self-discipline popularly associated with willpower, like resisting a bowl of ice cream.
While the value of standardization has been proven in many other engineering disciplines, none of them involve self-replicating systems.
Grit involves two psychological resources: self-discipline and self-control, both of which require the ability to manage emotions and thoughts.
Poker is a game of incomplete information involving complex intellectual tasks, self-discipline and the courage to take properly calculated risks.
"Productivity in the Age of Twitter" might involve a lot of self-discipline (and perhaps a hand from some neat apps), but I think it's possible to avoid distraction in short bursts.
Although he has obviously triumphed at this, he says that he did in fact struggle with the self-discipline involved in this autodidactic method, but argues that participating in personal projects, and ones which you are interested in, make the work process feel less like work, and tend to lead to the most successful work in your portfolio.
A lack of self-discipline in being involved in elections, especially by a court of last resort, always has the potential of leading to a crisis with the other branches of government and raises serious separation-of-powers concerns.
But Ms. Callas met him at a time when she was weary from a career's worth of rigorous self-discipline, which had involved a sudden 65-pound weight loss that Mr. Gage mysteriously ascribes to the removal of a tapeworm.
Orlando need to impose some self-discipline.
Require the art of self-discipline.
