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This is what I've been thinking since I've first read that willpower is depletable: "Isn't it just a self-fulfilling prophecy? Don't I feel out of willpower jus
by Evgeny 14y ago
This is what I've been thinking since I've first read that willpower is depletable: "Isn't it just a self-fulfilling prophecy? Don't I feel out of willpower just because I'm convinced that it should be depleted by now because of all things I've already done today?"
http://www.stanford.edu/~gwalton/home/Publications_files/Job,%20Dweck,%20%26%20Walton,%202010.pdf http://www.stanford.edu/~gwalton/home/Publications_files/Job...
Much recent research suggests that willpower—the capacity to exert self-control—is a limited resource that is depleted after
exertion. We propose that whether depletion takes place or not depends on a person’s belief about whether willpower is
a limited resource.
- nopassrecover 14y agoI think (and this could be self-limiting) that powering through a lack of motivation is a limited process, but if you can line up the motivation (in the fulfilling sense, not a pep-talk) then there's no real limit. I think this lines up with Marissa Meyer's thoughts on why burnout isn't "real", i.e. that burnout, in the pervasive "abandon all hope ye who enter" form, is not over-exertion but under-motivation. This matches my own experience where I feel energised by working hard on things I care about, and worn out by working even trivially on things I don't.