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Quote card: Willpower isn't just a skill. It's a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder.
“Willpower isn't just a skill. It's a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder.”

Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit (2012). The research behind this (ego depletion) has since struggled to replicate, but the practical point stands: do the hard task while you are fresh.

Do the job search before the shift, not after a ten hour night when you have nothing left.

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