According to the website, Heart-Mind Online, “The development of self-control begins at birth and continues throughout our lives.” Self control is the ability to decide what step to take in a certain situation. People have the choice to control their actions. In order for someone to control their actions it involves thinking. For example, if someone wanted to handle a situation by fighting, they would take the time to think of how to fight, how to win, and how to avoid injury. However, people today are so quick to act without thinking. When people don’t think before they act they go into a fight without thinking. Without thinking in a fighting situation people don’t plan how to fight, win, and even plan how to defend themselves which ends up in bigger situation, worse than how it started. What people don’t realize is they can avoid certain situations and be smarter if they just took the time to think. Ignoring the fact to think before acting is a lack in