Term

Willpower

The ability to consciously restrain an impulse or make yourself act. In Wood’s view, it is usually insufficient for lasting change.

Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, Wendy Wood

Explained in

• Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick, Wendy Wood
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, Gary Keller, Jay Papasan

  The ability to hold back an impulse for the sake of a more important goal. The book describes it as a supply that gets used up during the day and is restored by rest and food.

• The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor

  The ability to make yourself do something you do not feel like doing right now. For Achor, our supply of it runs out fast.

• What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, Laura Vanderkam

  The ability to hold back impulses and do what you consider important, even when you don't feel like it.

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