Most people have heard or read that self control or willpower is limited, that it decreases throughout the day as you use it resist temptations and get things done.
This topic is here to tell you that it doesn't, that information is outdated and damaging to you and other people that believe it. Essentially what happened was a publication bias, but we don't need to get into that here.
Basically this effect, technically called Ego Depletion, only tends to happen on people that expect it to happen. i.e If you think willpower is limited, it will be limited for you, even then it's only because you will behave as if it did and not because it's subjective or anything.
If you are interested in knowing how it was basically disproven here's the link: Ego depletion - Wikipedia
It is a bit technical though, the effect is in that scientific void where we are 99% sure it doesn't exist but because science is humble and can't really say anything with 100% certainty it states that it could exist, maybe, in some very specific lab experiment circumstances but even then it would be difficult to replicate. Basically, it's as close to disproven as things can get..
What we know about willpower and self control is, if you're hungry, sleep deprived or sick it decreases. But the idea that It's limited and decreases with use, as if it was a battery or fuel tank, is as close to disproven as it can get.
I recommend the book book Indistractable by Nir Eyal, heard about this there.
This topic is here to tell you that it doesn't, that information is outdated and damaging to you and other people that believe it. Essentially what happened was a publication bias, but we don't need to get into that here.
Basically this effect, technically called Ego Depletion, only tends to happen on people that expect it to happen. i.e If you think willpower is limited, it will be limited for you, even then it's only because you will behave as if it did and not because it's subjective or anything.
If you are interested in knowing how it was basically disproven here's the link: Ego depletion - Wikipedia
It is a bit technical though, the effect is in that scientific void where we are 99% sure it doesn't exist but because science is humble and can't really say anything with 100% certainty it states that it could exist, maybe, in some very specific lab experiment circumstances but even then it would be difficult to replicate. Basically, it's as close to disproven as things can get..
What we know about willpower and self control is, if you're hungry, sleep deprived or sick it decreases. But the idea that It's limited and decreases with use, as if it was a battery or fuel tank, is as close to disproven as it can get.
I recommend the book book Indistractable by Nir Eyal, heard about this there.
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