In studies and experiments going back over 15 years he has shown that the two best predictors of success are intelligence and willpower. Intelligence is innate and there is not much you can do about it. Willpower on the other hand is a skill that can be practised, learned and improved.
This makes willpower the only thing that we can work on to improve our chances of getting what we are setting out to get. We need to exercise and build up our willpower muscles. In fact you can take the muscle analogy even further. Not only does it grow over the long term if you work on it, you can wear it out in the short run. You have less willpower when you are tired. Even more remarkably, you can replenish it to some extent by giving it energy in the form of a sugary drink. And you can wear it down by repeatedly using it - so make sure you have a strategy to make sure that if you need to exert your willpower to get something done, don't do something else requiring a lot of willpower at the same time.
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