Referring to oneself in the third person can create psychological distance and improve self-control.

“Um, other ways might include, and these come from my colleague Ethan Cross, who I know has been a guest on your show, referring to yourself in the third person as opposed to me, right? So, I might say, "What does Ken want to do in this situation versus what do I want to do?" And just simply referring to myself as other people, not me, but as other people would create psychological distance in the space that allows that that gives me just enough to think of it as far as opposed to close.”