The true meaning of willpower #shorts

6 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube #shorts by TJ Walker explaining that willpower is limited ("like gas in a gas tank") and can be depleted. Walker advises positioning yourself and structuring your environment so you don't have to rely solely on willpower to achieve desired behaviors, using politicians' affairs as an illustrative example.

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Sure, the idea of willpower is nice. But willpower? According to many psychologists, it operates like gas in a gas tank. You can use it up. So if you have willpower to never cheat on your spouse, but you don't put yourself in opportunities where that's likely to happen, your willpower may be enough, but that's one reason why so many politicians get caught having affairs is almost on a daily basis. They are out late at night socializing, fundraisers, meetings, alcohol is involved, they're away from their spouses, and they get caught cheating. I'm not here to tell you that you're no better than a politician. But I do want you to think about how can you position yourself to do the things you want so that you don't have to rely on willpower? Because willpower can be depleted. Please follow the TJ Walker habit.