Introduction

Stephen Dubner: Angela Duckworth is working on a new book about self-control. Tiger Woods and Elliot Spitzer are examples of people who have high levels of self-control in some areas but lose it in others. How can you explain that? And what does it mean for the rest of us? Angela Duckworth: I'm fascinated and have been for a long time about how variable our self-control is across different situations.