If  you are thinking “What do I have to do with problems of self control?”, let me ask: How many people here in the last week have procrastinated more than you wish you would? How many people have exercised in the last week
less than you wish you would? Have eaten more than you wish you would? Have had more unprotected sex than you wish you would?

Self control is basically the problems that we have all this desire from ourselves for the long-term, but then in the short-term we do very different things.

When we are facing  decisions between something that is immediate and unpleasant versus something that is good, really good but in the long-term future, we often over-focus on the present and sacrifice the future.

And when we are making choices about the future, we always choose the one with the best results, because in the future we are wonderful people! We will be patient, we will not procrastinate, we’ll take our medication on time, we will exercise, we will eat. The problem is that we never get to live in that future.