1. Many situations of life require resistance to situational pressures and control over ourselves. 2. People differ in the extent to which they believe theythemselves control their life outcomes or the outcomes are controlled by luck or fate or other situational factors 3. This becomes possible through what is commonly known as 'will power'. 4. As human beings we can control our behaviour the way we want. 5. We often decide to delay or defer the satisfaction of certain needs.