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How can you easily resist temptation and increase willpower?

Eric Barker
December 16, 2011

Form “if-then” plans. Decide ahead of time how you will respond when willpower is taxed and you’ll be much more likely to default to that. Without a clear plan in your head you’re more likely to succumb.

Via BPS Research Digest:

When your willpower levels have been drained by an earlier test, thatâs when youâre most vulnerable to temptation. One way to protect yourself is to form so-called âif-thenâ plans.

And:

Those who followed the vague plan âI will find as many solutions as possibleâ performed poorly on the anagram tasks as expected. However, willpower depletion had no such adverse effect on students who followed the additional, more detailed plan: â…And if I have solved one anagram, then I will immediately start work on the next!â.

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Title How can you easily resist temptation and increase willpower?
Author Eric Barker
Date December 16, 2011 7:07 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Blog bakadesuyo
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