Is there any good material on the concept of willpower out there? I’m struggling to understand how it works, what can be done about it, and whether it’s even consistent enough to make general claims that are useful. Or if it even makes sense as a concept and isn’t just a term for a bunch of misunderstood mechanisms. The usual motivational stuff etc. that I’ve seen doesn’t really qualify.
Ditto. The prevaling hypothesis is “we have a finite reserve of willpower more or less mirrored by glucose in the blood”, but it has recently failed to replicate. So we’re kind of back to square one.
Is there any good material on the concept of willpower out there? I’m struggling to understand how it works, what can be done about it, and whether it’s even consistent enough to make general claims that are useful. Or if it even makes sense as a concept and isn’t just a term for a bunch of misunderstood mechanisms. The usual motivational stuff etc. that I’ve seen doesn’t really qualify.
We don’t have a good scientific theory about how willpower works.
Ditto.
The prevaling hypothesis is “we have a finite reserve of willpower more or less mirrored by glucose in the blood”, but it has recently failed to replicate. So we’re kind of back to square one.