Psychology
Willpower
CevvelaPsychology
Willpower
Roy F. Baumeister · Diyojen Yayıncılık · 2011
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Psychological research that scientifically demonstrates that willpower works like a physical muscle that can become fatigued (exhausted). It explains that self-control is the most decisive factor in success and how it can be developed.
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“Willpower is not an unlimited resource; every decision uses up a little more of it.”
“Success is less about talent than about the capacity to tolerate boredom.”
“Those who succeed at self-control are in fact those who build a structure in which they have to use willpower the least.”
“Decision fatigue is a silent enemy that preys on our weakest moment.”
“Habits are the invisible wheels that lighten the load of willpower.”
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Baumeister drives home the point that willpower is not a muse, but a biological mechanism fueled by glucose. He debunks the “if you believe, you can do it” nonsense with science. While Cevvela says, “The essence is within you—take the first step,” this book teaches you how to manage the energy needed to take that step. Willpower isn’t infinite; if you hold back in front of your boss at the office in the morning, you’ll snap at your family when you get home in the evening. Because “decision fatigue” is real. You’ll come to realize that your moments of laziness or weakness throughout the day aren’t actually failures, but rather a problem of mismanaged energy—and you’ll shake it off. Intelligence that doesn’t train its will is nothing but a fool deceiving itself.