If You Do These 3 Things, You Have Self-discipline, According to a Psychology PhD

How can you tell if you have self-discipline? We all know people who work out insanely early, eat only healthy food and floss after every meal. And other people who sleep late, chomp untoasted Pop Tarts and then head out to have fun with their friends.

If you measure your own self-discipline on this spectrum, you may be on the wrong track. That insight comes from Alice Boyes, a PhD in psychology and the author of Stress-free Productivity (Penguin Random House, 2022).

In an insightful newsletter piece, Boyes describes five signs that signal you have true self-discipline. All five make sense. They all align with what research tells us about how to best care for our own brain health. But these three seem especially relevant to me.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Inc.