Self-Control

“The idea of self-control is paradoxical unless it is assumed that the psyche contains more than one energy system, and that these energy systems have some degree of independence from each other.” McIntosh - 1969

While I would hope the psyche does have more than one energy system... the "push communications" system seems to occupy the dominate gene role when compared to the "pull communications" system (apologies for the mixed metaphors and scientific disciplines)