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Willpower:
In setting rules for how to behave in the future, you’re often in a calm, cool state, so you make unrealistic commitments.
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149 |
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Willpower:
Turn up the heat, and the unthinkable becomes surprisingly thinkable.
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150 |
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Willpower:
…willpower is humans’ greatest strength, but the best strategy is not to rely on it in all situations. Save it for emergencies.
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150 |
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Willpower:
…lock yourself into a virtuous path… make it impossible – or somehow unthinkably disgraceful or sinful – to leave the path.
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151 |
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Willpower:
What [begins] as a precommitment [turns] into something permanent and more valuable: a habit.
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154 |
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Willpower:
…orderly habits… can actually improve self-control in the long run by triggering automatic mental processes that don’t require much energy.
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156 |
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Willpower:
Self-control turns out to be linked to habits, whereas the more controlled sorts of behaviors tend to be unusual or one-time-only actions.
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157 |
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Willpower:
Workers who produce steadily over a long period of time tend to be most successful in the long run.
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158 |
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Willpower:
Use your self-control to form a daily habit, and you’ll produce more with less effort in the long run.
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159 |
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Willpower:
…self-control is not selfish. Willpower enables us to get along with others and override impulses that are based on personal short-term interests.
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163 |
