So. Here I am again. This is what I have to say NO to as I wipe the saliva drool from my mouth. Just not fair.
Heh heh
Posts Tagged ‘control’
It's All About Control
Posted by Sean on June 9, 2009
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Do You Remember Prom?
Posted by Sean on May 9, 2009
So it seems that I’m not on the up-and-up.
It seems that their are schools (private / parochial) out there today that do not condone nor allow public dances, rock music, hand holding, etc. This fact alone disturbed me and gave me flashbacks of the movie ‘Footloose’.
I really thought that whole warped theme was just for the movies?
Besides the fact that these schools exist, one school in particular is tightening its vice grip outside the schools walls.
The school is now enforcing their rules to include any activity outside the school that fall into the same category of public dances, etc. So one particular student is not supposed to take his girlfriend to her public-school prom.
When did discipline and structure warp itself into control?
Does this school really think it’s helping the youth by enforcing such strict rules?
The last time I checked the tighter you hold onto something, the more that something wants set free?
So the more you step on these youths necks.. the more they are going to break your rules?
There has to be a limit? I mean aren’t we flirting with disaster here?
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How A Child Can Teach Us About Willpower.
Posted by Sean on April 19, 2009
Do you CRAVE like Marshmallows? (WHO DOESN’T?)
Ever fail at a diet? Having a hard time losing weight? How about your fitness level? Are you exercising enough? How about those bad habits?
The list is endless. Each item listed involves you and your willpower to do or not do something.
WILLPOWER:
the ability to exert one’s will over one’s actions.
We all succeed or fail due to the strength of our own willpower. Which is stronger? Your willpower or the influence?
It seems that our children really do have all the answers, they just don’t know it. (And neither do we) There was a study done years ago that evaluated a child’s willpower to not eat a certain candy item. Some children of course exerted no willpower and at the first opportunity inhaled the candy.
Please watch the following video: (This experiment was done with M&M’s)
M&M Dilleys Experiment (If embed doesn’t work)
It’s amazing.
Two separate techniques are revealed on ways to help your own willpower:
- shift your attention away whenever temptation crops up
- re-focusing your mind on the long-term implications of the very short-term indulgence that’s just out of reach
So, then next time temptation rears its ugly head.. think of those children and the candy.
If they can do it…
So can we.
Carpe Diem
This blog entry was inspired by a blog post on Lifehacker – Learn Willpower Techniques from the Marshmallow Test – Habits
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