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the muscle that gets tired the more you flex it, then quits
means The inner strength to control your impulses and stick to a chosen course of action, especially when temptation pulls the other way.
from A transparent compound of "will" (the faculty of deciding and intending — from Old English "willa," desire or determination, a cousin of words across the Germanic family) and "power." The pairing is a relatively modern coinage, emerging in the 19th century as thinkers grew fond of treating the mind as a machine with measurable forces — willpower being the engine that drives resolve.
- finite fuel
- Decisions all day drain the same reserve
- glucose link
- Low blood sugar weakens self-control
- marshmallow test
- Kids who waited fared better decades later
- habits cheat
- Routines bypass willpower entirely
- morning peak
- Resolve is strongest right after waking
for instance
wim hof ice endurance — stayed in ice bath 1 hour 53 minutes, broke records repeatedly since 2000s