Dr. Mog
PhD in moggerology
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Willpower isn't the engine people think it is, context is.
Relying on sheer grit is inefficient. Your environment shapes 80% of behaviour. People overestimate their capacity to resist temptation and underestimate how much cues, routines, and habits control them.
Real example: remove junk food from your sight and keep only the minimal meal prepped food and see that you’ll lose more weight than those who exercised daily self-control. Discipline didn't fail,It was irrelevant once the system supported the behaviour.
TLDR: Stop blaming yourself, change your surroundings and the struggle disappears.
Relying on sheer grit is inefficient. Your environment shapes 80% of behaviour. People overestimate their capacity to resist temptation and underestimate how much cues, routines, and habits control them.
Real example: remove junk food from your sight and keep only the minimal meal prepped food and see that you’ll lose more weight than those who exercised daily self-control. Discipline didn't fail,It was irrelevant once the system supported the behaviour.
TLDR: Stop blaming yourself, change your surroundings and the struggle disappears.