Changing your beliefs about the nature of your self-control can have positive effects on character development.

改变你对自我控制本质的想法，可以对性格发展产生积极的影响。

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Self-awareness means having a good understanding of our own character, that is, having the ability to see ourselves clearly.

自我意识意味着对我们自己的性格有一个很好的理解，也就是说，有能力清楚地认识自己。

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But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgivin.

可是，去理解、去宽容却需要良好的品格和自制。

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Moriah, about 45 miles from Saranac Lake through twisting mountain roads, houses a six-month shock program designed to build character and self-esteem.

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Rather, their early education leads to long-term improvements in "noncognitive" skills, boosting character traits such as self-control and conscientiousness.

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Then, in June 1939, when Superman became the first comic-book character to star in his own self-titled publication, his background was retrofitted to become somewhat closer to the story we know today, in which the toddler of steel was raised by a kindly elderly couple named Kent.

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