You Don’t ‘Run Out’ of Willpower

Willpower is not a depletable resource if you know how to use it wisely

Nir Eyal
Forge
Published in
5 min readJun 16, 2021

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It’s common to hear people complain about feeling “burned out” or “spent” these days. However, these terms conjure a completely incorrect view of willpower.

As I discussed at length in my book, Indistractable, and in previous articles, willpower is not a

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Nir Eyal
Forge
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