Willpower is the mental ability to resist temptations, sometimes called urges, impulses, or bad habits, in order to meet long-term goals.‌ Over the years, willpower has taken on a moral message, as if ...

Willpower is a person’s ability to control their own actions in order to pursue long-term goals. Other names for this concept include self-control, discipline, and resolve. However, psychologists have ...

Your willpower is just like a muscle—and you can improve it(gilaxia, Getty Images) In a world of temptations—from chocolate cake to even more addictive substances ...

Is willpower a limited resource? I have written a few times about factors that affect willpower. Willpower is the name that we give to the mechanisms (most of which involve the frontal lobes of the ...

If you want to make any permanent change in your life, willpower won’t get you there. Whether you want to get healthier, stop using social media so much, improve your relationships, be happier, write ...

Most people think of willpower as a mysterious force that “lazy” people just don’t have enough of. In reality, willpower is more like a muscle - it can only take you so far. If your willpower is not ...

Remember when you were a teenager and your parents turned down your plea to do something that they thought was too dangerous or inappropriate? When you protested, saying, "Well, everyone else does it, ...