Habits & Performance · Self
Willpower & Self-Control
What the science really says about self-control: the marshmallow test and its replication, the collapse of 'ego depletion', why disciplined people avoid temptation instead of resisting it, and tools that work: situation design, if-then plans, temptation bundling and precommitment.
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Prereqs: Habits. Next: Performance under pressure. Sources: Mischel, *The Marshmallow Test* (2014); Watts, Duncan & Quan (2018); Hagger et al. multi-lab ego-depletion replication (2016); Gollwitzer & Sheeran meta-analysis (2006); Milkman, *How to Change* (2021).Next: 1. Revisions to the classics