Proverbs in the Bible.

And podcasts on fasting.

Jocko has a book on discipline

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Paul’s epistles and Marcus Aurelius. Don’t start with anything from this millennia.

Ephesians

The Bullet Journal Method

The secret life of plants.

Debbie does Dallas

Not a book, but found it as a useful reminder -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRSfhoHE4g

Meditations.

It's so often recommended that it's become a trope, but it really is a mind altering book on how to be a better, more self-restrained version of yourself.

It was so impactful to me partly because it's just personal reflection and observations. It wasn't written for a profit or fame.

Ephesians

Tim Urban’s Ted Talk on procrastination and then his blog - waitbutwhy.com

gregory hays' translation of marcus aurelius' meditations and covey's 7 habits of highly effective people

Kick it - stop smoking in five days, by Judy Perlmutter

This is a good question and in my case the books that helped me the most WITH cultivating self-control and its important companion, emotional self-regulation, were not necessarily focused on the subject exclusively. I would say «Tao Te Ching» by Laozi and «As A Man Thinketh» by James Allen were the most important texts in this regard (both very short and re-readable). But also both of these skills are products of multiple elements like sleep, nutrition, meditation and others, so books on these subjects, for example «Mindfulness» by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, are useful in developing them.

I’d say listening to Bitcoiners talking about time preference xD

Discipline Equals Freedom

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Extreme Ownership and Can't Hurt Me are both up there---both written by marines (coincidence?)

also habit building/replacement is highly correlated so I'll toss in Atomic Habits.

Unfuck Yourself

Hay’s translation of Meditations.

I’m not big on self control but am deep in on personal growth and realising the fullness of potential. Loving ‘Be Your Future Self’ by Ben Hardy

Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday. It’s where everything ‘self’ starts, for me at least. Self control can be achieved but only with self awareness first, for me at least. Cheers!

The Bible

None. You have to train yourself to do it. Over and Over again, Repeatedly.

Usually discipline at a young age works. After a certain point, no dice.

There’s a couple on habits, Scot Adam’s Reframe your Brain is interesting.

books are gay

inseminating another mans knowledge into your brain

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and, self control is for losers.

lean into your edge

RISE

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Atomic habits was great

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