Royce said: "In a sense, willpower usually refers to all our spiritual life, and it is this spiritual life that guides all aspects of our behavior."
When people are good at using this beneficial power, they will have determination. And a person's determination means that willpower is at work. The psychological function of people or the obedience of body organs to determination just shows the great power of willpower.
Willpower needs to be controlled by your brain and can be consumed. Like a willpower bank? You can store your willpower in it, and it will consume your willpower at any time. When your willpower is out of balance, you will become manic and unable to control your emotions.
The researchers did an experiment in which a group of children in Stanford kindergarten were put in a room with delicious marshmallows. The experimenter told the children that if you insist on not eating marshmallows here, there will be more delicious things after the experiment. With that, he went out. As soon as the door was closed, several children ate without caring about anything. Some children hesitated for a while and reached for cotton candy. Some children insist on not eating marshmallows. After the experiment, the scientists tracked the children. Thirty years later, most of the children who ate at the beginning were working-class, and their jobs and salaries were higher than the former, while those who could control themselves were generally successful.
Why do most family quarrels come back from work? Because I am full of willpower when I get up in the morning, I feel relatively happy. Working a little bit consumes a lot of willpower at work, so when I come back, I have no more willpower to face my family and my emotions are out of control. This is why many companies will prepare tea time, in order to help employees to supplement glucose, which will help improve their willpower and avoid office conflicts.
Let's take another example of losing weight. Why do so many people want to go on a diet but fail?
Scientists have done experiments on people who lose weight and people who lose weight abnormally. The experiment was that everyone drank two milkshakes and was told that the experiment was over after drinking them. Then take them to a buffet. Normal people eat buffet, eat a little and they are full, so they don't eat. The dieter thought, anyway, I quit today, I will eat more tomorrow, and I will eat more as a result of dieting. Dieting to lose weight is not something that can be done. Unless you do it all your life, even if you lose weight, you will definitely rebound. The reason is that people who lose weight put too much willpower on dieting, so they have no willpower when facing other things.
A person's willpower can be cultivated. Some people say that I make a plan for myself every day and finish it according to the plan. Isn't it more accurate than planning once a month? Yes, the person who makes plans every day seems to have stronger willpower, but when today's things are not finished, he begins to consume and begin to doubt himself. And once a month, he can adjust the rhythm in time and set things right in the process. On the contrary, I feel more and more fulfilled and naturally improve my willpower.