Is willpower a finite resource?

Summary. Will refers to the mental process by which people consciously determine a purpose and govern their actions to achieve a predetermined purpose. In other words, the mental activity that drives action in order to achieve a given goal is called will.

What is willpower?

To put it bluntly, willpower is a mental power for Jianli people to be normal and do things. For example, if you decide what you want to do tomorrow today, but tomorrow when you are doing it, you want to play a game, go out to have a meal with friends, and you waver or not waver about this kind of thing, and the degree of firmness in this kind of thing, this is called willpower.

Will refers to the mental process by which people consciously determine a purpose and govern their actions to achieve a predetermined purpose. In other words, the mental activity that drives action in order to achieve a given goal is called will.

If you want to enhance your willpower, I think it is to start with the small things in your daily life, start with the cultivation of habits, insist on getting up at a fixed time every day, and do morning exercises.

I'll teach you my own method. For example, when I am memorizing English words, if I want to finish playing a game or come up with a good idea, I will write that idea down on a piece of paper, and I will do it when I finish memorizing English. Do things with a plan, you can't step on the watermelon peel and slide wherever it is.

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Title: Willpower Dividend: The underlying logic that makes you do what you say.

Author] Mrs. Gao.

Publisher: People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House.

Harvest] 1) All our mental activities are divided into 3 parts:

Cognitive, emotional, volitional.

The cognitive process is the process by which we perceive things;

The emotional (emotional) process is the process by which we deal with our relationship with things (it is the different relationships with various things that trigger our different emotions and the various experiences that come with them);

The volitional process is the process in which our psychology actively dominates our behavior.

2) The definition of volitional process in psychology is: the so-called volitional refers to the mental process in which a person consciously establishes goals, regulates and governs actions, and achieves predetermined goals by overcoming difficulties and setbacks.

3) "Self-Control" Dr. Kelly McGonigal mentions the definition of will:

The first definition: willpower is the ability to control attention, emotions, and desires.

The second definition: willpower is the ability to harness the three forces of "I want", "I want to do" and "I don't want to".

e.g.: (The author uses his willpower bootcamp as an example).

What (i.e., what to learn): to learn the knowledge system and practice system of willpower;

How: Actively listen to lectures, actively hand in homework, actively participate in discussions, actively participate in community activities, etc.;

However, few people will have a clear consideration of motivation (why), and most people may just feel that their willpower is weak and that they can improve their willpower through learning, which is very vague, superficial, and weak.

Content: Record, reflect, harvest.

a.The goal is refined, and it becomes a small goal (shortening the distance in the future).

b.Imagine in your mind what your ideal self will be like in 3 or 5 years, what kind of clothes you have, what kind of smile, what kind of gestures, etc., the clearer and more specific the better, and then draw a portrait of yourself, print it out and put it in front of the table. (Strengthen the perception of the "future").

Ideas] 1. A book that can be practiced. A book that pulls the future forward. The author combines what he knows with his own practice and summarizes it in a system. It is a complete idea of asking questions and solving problems.

2. Just move it.

Qi Fan Qi micro lessons.

Psychologist Erich Fromm said: "What is good for the body and mind must be comfortable, even if it is necessary to overcome a certain amount of resistance at the beginning!" ”

It means that when people do something meaningful for their own development, their hearts are full of sunshine, positivity and happiness. Even in the beginning, there were many difficulties that we needed to work on to overcome.

In other words, the process of self-change is painful, but through the dark moments, we will get the happiness and satisfaction of success.

This sentence is a quote from Mrs. Gao in the book "Willpower Dividend", which tells about the true state of willpower that he understands.

And most of us basically have the opposite impression of willpower, thinking of it as heavy, hard, and daunting. Because we are too lacking in willpower.

What is willpower? Willpower is essentially the quality of our handling of volitional processes, reflecting the ability of the mind to actively dominate behavior.

In life, we have too many problems, constrained by willpower, fighting high again and again, failing plans again and again, difficult to stick to, and finally frustrated.

For example, when I first learned to write, Ms. Xiaowei said that it is best to develop the habit of getting up early to read and write.

I set an alarm clock and do all kinds of mental construction before going to bed. The next day the alarm went off and woke up sleepy. After persisting for a few days, it is difficult to get up early, and after several twists and turns, I developed the habit of getting up early to read.

Recently, I started to develop the habit of going to bed early, and it was three minutes of enthusiasm, and after persisting for a while, it was broken, and it was difficult to last. I often regret myself for not having the willpower, procrastinating, or lacking patience.

Today's efficiency is not high, and tonight's habit of going to bed early has been broken for three days in a row. During the day, the energy is very poor, procrastination, evasion, inefficiency, it is bound to stay up late, and the vicious circle begins to repeat.

According to the understanding of Mrs. Gao in "Willpower Dividend", it is not difficult for willpower to overcome obstacles, as long as you establish a clear goal and understand the motivation and method of willpower to achieve the goal, you can follow the vine and find a way to persuade it. This needs to be practiced with the help of some psychological tools.

I believe that after reading this book, I will use those tools to build my own willpower mental system, overcome procrastination, improve work efficiency, and develop a good habit of going to bed early and waking up early.

1. Willpower is a concept in psychology. It refers to the quality of a person who consciously determines the purpose, and controls and regulates his actions according to the purpose, and overcomes various difficulties to achieve the goal.

2. Royce put it this way: "In a sense, willpower usually refers to the whole of our mental life, and it is this spiritual life that guides all aspects of our behavior. "When people are good at using this beneficial power, determination is generated.

And if a person is determined, it means that willpower is at work. The subordination of the human mental function or the bodily organs to determination is a sign of the tremendous power of willpower.

Last week, I studied the book "Willpower" and talked about many ways to strengthen willpower. But does willpower really exist? If you hear someone who has been doing something for several years, you will feel very admired.

I can't help but think about how this person's willpower can be so strong? Waking up early is a popular trend now, and there are many communities that get up early to punch in, but if you just know how to check in as the community knows how to check in, and you may even receive red envelopes of different amounts after the number of days is reached, does it mean that you are a person with willpower? Because of the red envelope incentive, or perhaps the influence of people in the community, you insist on getting up early.

It doesn't seem to have much to do with willpower. Because you're just getting up early with a purpose. And if there is no purpose, can you still get up early without this environment?

When you have a goal, you can naturally stick to one thing, or if you get some kind of satisfaction or some tangible benefit through perseverance, then you will naturally stick to it. We all know it's necessary to wake up early to exercise, but why can't many people get up? Is it that they don't have the willpower, or do they prefer to enjoy short-lived comforts?

Everyone admires Kobe Bryant's workout at 4 a.m. every day, but is that really willpower? Isn't it that he has become accustomed to it, and this kind of persistence has made him feel the benefits and brought him more benefits?

So willpower may not exist, but they are willing to continue to persist because they have a long-term goal in mind and feel the benefits when they stick to it. And after a long time, it forms a habit, and it is not enough to talk about willpower. Defining a goal and feeling the benefits as you move forward is the main thing.