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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by sprafa on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @08:59AM (#14752092)
Current understanding of willpower is that does, indeed, function like a "muscle".

I got this from reading a few books and articles and it might be wrong, but it's my impression.

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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by eeZah7Ux on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @09:26AM (#14752289)
Training willpower in general is one thing - doing "warmup" just like a real muscle it's a different thing.
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Re:Ask HN: How does one overcome the need for instant gratif... by glogla on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @09:18AM (#14752221)
Actually, there used to be research showing that ("ego depletion" it was called) but it is getting more and more controversial because it's been quote a few years now and nobody managed to reproduce the effect.
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