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Self-control is important to achieve the things you want to do. We have shown for the first time that you can improve self-control by engaging in small self-control exercises on a daily basis

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Why is it important?

Thus far, research on self-control training has met wit mixed results insofar that it is unclear whether people after training either or not get tired from exercising self-control. Our study suggests that repeated exercise of self-control makes self-control less effortful by turning it into a routine

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This page is a summary of: Just do it: Engaging in self-control on a daily basis improves the capacity for self-control., Motivation Science, September 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/mot0000158.
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