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Relying on willpower for behavior change is like relying on a battery that drains unpredictably.
Decision fatigue is real — each choice you make reduces your capacity for subsequent choices.
Established routines execute without willpower expenditure.
Treat willpower like a budget — spend it only on things that cannot be handled by other means.
Reserve willpower for genuine emergencies rather than daily operations.
Identify all the places you currently rely on willpower and design alternatives.
Eliminating unnecessary choices preserves willpower for essential ones.
Removing temptation costs no willpower — resisting it costs a lot.
Most people who seem to have strong willpower have actually designed their lives to need less of it.
An elegant behavioral system achieves its goals while requiring almost no willpower.