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Self-control
SELF-CONTROL

Definition: The ability to remain calm and not show your emotions even though you are feeling angry, excited, etc.
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* All nine elements should be in.


1. Purposeful (to emphasize).

2. Considered a necessity (connect to #1).

3. Ability is exercised of your own free will. That is, calmness is not on the promptings of another and not shown because of an illness, drunkenness, or in a semi-conscious state. In other words, an option exists to be panicky, excited, etc. (connect to #7).
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WAIT ...


Quote: "The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust". - Josh Billings.
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4. Calmness does not cause a problem or lead to an unplanned loss for you, in the long run.

5. A consequence - danger or gain - exists if you do not remain calm, and this has been assessed as not worth the risk of showing your emotions (connect to #3 & #4).

6. Calmness is shown at an appropriate situation or at an auspicious time/period, to help in achieving aim(s).
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OUTWARDLY 'ICE-COOL' ...


Quote: "Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice". - Thomas Paine.



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7. Calmness lasts for duration planned, whether briefly or for a fairly long time.

8. Behaviour (= self-control) achieves goal(s) hoped for.
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YET 'BOILING' INSIDE.


Quote: "We are decent 99% of the time, when we could easily be vile". - R.W. Rils.



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9. After-effect of calmness is not devastating. That is, you do not regret or later experience a bad feeling for refusal to show emotions (connect to #7).
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IT'S VERY OKAY.


Quote: "It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested". - James Russell Lowell.

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