Avoiding temptation is one effective strategy for maintaining self-control.

远离诱惑是坚持自我控制的一个有效策略。

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This makes believers into hypocrites, a self image they can only hide from by avoiding those situations which point it out.

这就使信徒们成了伪君子，无视发生的事情，把真实的自我形象隐藏起来。

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Generally speaking, in collectivistic culture, the collective self is chosen as priority and indirect ways of handling conflict, such as compromising or avoiding are favored.

相反的，在个体主义社会中，个体自我更受推崇，而冲突处理手段则偏向直接或竞争性的手段。

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Tim Cook and his management team ought to be up to avoiding self-delusion.

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But filing a class-action suit was one way of avoiding the self-regulatory route.

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This attitude toward struggle is not only counterproductive -- leading to self-defeating behaviors including retreating inward with self-doubt and avoiding necessary risk for fear of failure -- it is also wrong.

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