{"id":1449,"date":"2015-03-25T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T04:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/?p=1449"},"modified":"2019-11-10T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T19:52:31","slug":"self-control-in-the-new-scheme-of-things-how-important-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/self-improvement\/self-control-in-the-new-scheme-of-things-how-important-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Control: In the New Scheme of Things how Important is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Self Control and Intelligence:\u00a0 Do You Have What it Takes to Be Successful?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Is Raw Intelligence an Accurate Predictor of Success &#8211; Read This<\/h2>\n<p>By Jan Ashby<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, many people are attracted to working from home.\u00a0 <em>But there are so many things to distract us<\/em> &#8211; so many SHINY objects\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px 11px;\" title=\"Shiny Objects cause Distraction\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8354\/8263086798_23271f7429_t.jpg\" alt=\"Success Rate can Depend on How Easily You're Distracted\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" \/>\u00a0 that it can make it difficult to stay on track.\u00a0 I found an interesting article that speaks of this very challenge &#8211; the challenge of <strong>self-control. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is based on a study made by Catherine Morris Cox, a psychologist in 1926 &#8211; she was interested in\u00a0what factors lead to \u201crealized genius&#8221;.\u00a0 300 recognized geniuses, including Leonardo da Vinci,\u00a0 were studied.<\/p>\n<p>It is NOTEWORTHY that she found two qualities to be a better predictor of &#8220;future outstanding achievement&#8221; (rather than only focusing on <strong>raw intelligence<\/strong>) &#8211;\u00a0 <em>would you like to know WHAT they are?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the following &#8211; it is taken from <em>N.Y. Times<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/99u.com\/articles\/7094\/the-future-of-self-improvement-part-i-grit-is-more-important-than-talent\">The Future of <b>Self<\/b>&#8211;<b>Improvement<\/b>, Part I: Grit Is More Important Than <b>&#8230;<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/99u.com\/articles\/7094\/the-future-of-self-improvement-part-i-grit-is-more-important-than-talent\">99u.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>What if the rate of long-term success doesn&#8217;t really have that much to do with your potential?<\/em> A look at recent research &#8211; this study speaks of one&#8217; s ability for <strong>delayed gratification<\/strong>, and<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">self-control capacity<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This video discusses MINDSET, and goes into the reasons why many who strike out on their own in a home-based business (entrepreneurs) fail.\u00a0 <em>It gets individuals to think about their VALUE<\/em> &#8211; specifically, if you&#8217;ve been <em>working for the man<\/em>, you may need to do an Attitude Adjustment. And you may need to invest in yourself, and attend webinars or educational seminars where you at least have the CHANCE of meeting a good Mentor .\u00a0 Have a listen:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Rtz_lV5YwY8?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"300\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Rtz_lV5YwY8?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><b><em><span style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Are you interested in professional and <em>personal development<\/em>? In the 1% Solution, the premise is that each one of us can adopt and grow &#8211; <em>even if it is just 1% at a time<\/em>.\u00a0 When you add up all of the 1 percents, you will find that you&#8217;ve gotten some good things accomplished.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Further Reading: <a title=\"Art of Communication: Oral Skills\" href=\"http:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/self-improvementdefinition-of-communication-read-more\/\"><strong>The Art of Communication<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a0 <a title=\"Ability for Self-Control and Delayed Gratification can Increase Success Rate\" href=\"http:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\"><strong>Self-Improvement Info Just for U<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self Control and Intelligence:\u00a0 Do You Have What it Takes to Be Successful? Is Raw Intelligence an Accurate Predictor of Success &#8211; Read This By Jan Ashby Nowadays, many people are attracted to working from home.\u00a0 But there are so many things to distract us &#8211; so many SHINY objects\u00a0\u00a0 that it can make it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[322,14,6,84],"tags":[329,321,331,332,328,330],"class_list":["post-1449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-skills-lessons","category-self-examination","category-self-improvement","category-self-discovery","tag-delayed-gratification","tag-jan-ashby","tag-predictor-of-success","tag-raw-intelligence","tag-self-control","tag-self-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfimprovement.info-just-for-u.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}