Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

Course Overview

Course No. 1637

Put your willpower in the driver’s seat and swerve around temptation with a science-based guide to mastering the art of self-control.

Join an expert in self-control research for six engaging lessons that:
✔ Shatter myths about willpower
✔ Provide verifiable scientific strategies
✔ Offer practical exercises for real-life application

Discover how self-control impacts:

• Financial decisions
• Fitness goals
• Personal relationships
• Emotional regulation

Learn groundbreaking theories including:
• The limited resource model (why willpower depletes)
• Prefrontal cortex connections to aggression
• Benefits of delayed gratification

Video Lectures

01: Why Is It So Hard to Do What We Should?

Duration: 32 min
Explore why self-control fails through two classic experiments. Understand how depleted energy affects willpower and how personal characteristics shape this energy.

02: Self-Control Successes and Failures

Duration: 31 min
Analyze what makes self-control masters successful. Discover why thinking of willpower as an “internal thermostat” can transform your approach to challenges.

03: Marshmallows, Monkeys, and Mortality

Duration: 28 min
Dive into Stanford’s famous marshmallow experiment and how delayed gratification affects:
✔ Mental health
✔ Wealth accumulation
✔ Longevity

04: Taming the Impulsive Beast

Duration: 31 min
Examine why aggression persists despite societal progress. Learn three core components that explain both restraint and violent impulses.

05: First Impressions and Stereotypes

Duration: 29 min
Understand how social interactions drain willpower. Discover why we mimic others and how this affects relationship building.

06: Romance, Finance, and Your Environment

Duration: 31 min
Apply self-control science to:
✔ Romantic relationships
✔ Money management
✔ Environmental influences
Learn defensive strategies against willpower depletion.