Willpower Is Not Enough

We need clarity and strong sense of purpose to see us through

People were once conditioned to sacrifice immediate pleasure in exchange for a better future, but we’ve long since lost our sense of impulse control.

Willpower is the ability to tolerate an uncomfortable situation in pursuit of a goal.

Many turn to this ability to crush a bad habit or adopt a better routine. The idea is that if we resist our unseemly urges long enough, our deviance will disappear.