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Will power is a muscle, like your forearm, if it is atrophied then you are not taking time out to purposefully exercise it.

Philip Zimbardo talked about the formation of will-power in children, it has a direct influence on the success later in life. Improve your own cognitive toolkit by getting another child off on the right foot.

From the video, children who are predisposed to deny themselves pleasure by holding out for a future reward differentiate the rich from the poor.

http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Philip_Zimbardo_The_Time_Paradox



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