"Self-Control: Stanford University's Most Popular Psychology Course" Author: [US] Kelly McGonigal Publisher: Cultural Development Press (formerly Printing Industry Press)

As a health psychologist, Dr. Kelly McGonigal helps people manage stress and make positive changes in their lives. Over the years, by observing how students control their choices, she realized that many of the ideas people have about self-control actually hinder our success. For example, treating self-control as a virtue can derail well-intentioned goals. So McGonigal requires her students to understand the physiological basis, psychological traps, and various social factors that affect self-control. Incorporating the latest insights from disciplines such as psychology, neurology, and economics, McGonigal has opened a course called "The Science of Willpower" for Stanford University's continuing education program, which participants have described as "life-changing." This course is the basis for the book "Self-Control." The book provides readers with a clear framework for what self-control is, how it works, and why it is so important.