Your self-control "muscle" is just like the other muscles in your body — when it doesn't get much exercise, it becomes weaker over time.

你的自我控制“肌肉”就像你身体的其他肌肉一样——当它没有得到大量锻炼的时候，它会随着时间变弱。

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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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This means you have to strengthen and maintain your self-control.

这就是说你必须加强和维持自控能力。

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When you get home, your self-control is so exhausted that you kick the cat or reach for the cookie jar.

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This is the first step toward self-control, and if self-control ever catches on, perhaps your next audience will take their eyes off their CrackBerries and focus on you.

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Once you understand that patience is active and all about self control, you get to control exactly what activities to do to get your brain moving again.

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