Ego depletion ('running out of willpower') is only partially a thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Challenges_and_alternative_explanations http://

Ego depletion ('running out of willpower') is only partially a thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Challenges_and_alternative_explanations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion#Challenges_and_al... You can expand your willpower by doing more difficult things. It's not a fixed resource, and you don't 'run out'.