Self‑governance, strength of character, and self-empowerment are not promises of ease or rapid transformation. This insight involves choices.

In a series of articles, I explore each of the 11 character dimensions in the Leader Character Framework, as described in the MIT Sloan article “Make Leader Character Your Competitive Edge.” I am ...

Is self-control helping you get through the pandemic? What about courage, humor, or kindness? Have you noticed a particular character strength showing up in your life that you didn't realize you had?

Character strengths represent core personal traits that enable individuals to thrive and contribute meaningfully to their communities. As a central theme within positive psychology, these strengths ...

You can talk about self-control as the capacity to override impulses, resist temptations, and overturn dominant responses, to advance long-term over short-term goals, and to develop efficient, ...

At first glance, self-control can sound as though it depends on personal willpower or moral discipline. But biblical ...