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Have We Been Thinking About Willpower the Wrong Way for 30 Years?

By Nir Eyal — 2016

Even though I knew that eating ice cream and sitting for a long time were probably bad ideas, I told myself that relaxation was my well-deserved reward for working so hard.

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11 Surprising Things That Affect Your Willpower and Decision Making

A growing body of research shows that the willpower used in decision-making is like a muscle.

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Drake Baer
2014
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The Right Food for Building Personal Willpower

What’s the best diet to enhance your willpower? Generally, sustaining glucose levels for longer rather than shorter periods is crucial to maintaining willpower, so you want to eat foods low on the glycaemic index.

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Frank Ryan
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15 Ways to Effectively Strengthen Your Willpower

Having strong willpower is a major key to every entrepreneur’s success. We asked members of Young Entrepreneur Council to share a concrete way every entrepreneur can strengthen their willpower.

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Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC)
2019
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Boost Your Willpower with This Meditation Technique

Your willpower is constantly being tested, which makes things like eating healthier, exercising more often, and waking earlier so very hard. The good news is there's one powerful way to train our brains for more self-control.

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Melanie Pinola
2013
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How to Increase Willpower and Follow Through with Resolutions

Social psychologist Roy Baumeister has spent years studying how people resist temptation and break bad habits—and he's here to help.

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Leslie Carr
2012
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Three Ways to Get Willpower to Work for You

More than ever, the novel coronavirus crisis is calling on us to dig deep down to discover unwavering willpower to rebound and rebuild. Here are three ways to get willpower to work for you.

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Dan Whitfield
2020
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7 Science-Based Strategies to Boost Your Willpower and Succeed with Your New Year’s Resolutions

It’s that time of year when people make their New Year’s resolutions—indeed, 93% of people set them, according to the American Psychological Association.

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Jelena Kecmanovic
2020
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Yoga for Cultivating Willpower

Ask how to break a bad habit and just about everyone will tell you to use willpower. Let’s call it the “just say no” response.

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Angela Wilson
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How to Strengthen Your Willpower

Willpower is sorely tested at Easter, when temptation comes in abundance and is often coated in chocolate. But a new book suggests that people who exercise greater self-control are those who have greater success in life.

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Stephanie Hegarty
2012
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5 Tips for Boosting Your Willpower

Good habits are foundational for happiness—but to create them, you need willpower.

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Christine Carter
2012
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