Several hundred years ago, it was believed that willpower is a kind of internal muscle that can be trained and developed. However, over time, this idea has lost its relevance. And so, recent studies by British scientists have shown that this is probably true. People can get tired of making big decisions.
In Britain, scholars have analyzed court orders in retrial. They dealt with three cases per day: one in the morning, the second in the afternoon, and the third in the evening. Statistics showed that judges satisfied 70% of the appeal in the morning and only 10% in the evening. This shows that in the evening the judges were looking for an easy way to solve the issue and, probably, this was due to fatigue in making important decisions.
And there are many similar examples around. For example, a boss in a rapidly developing company is kind all day, tries to help everyone, listens to all suggestions. In the evening he becomes a completely different person: he does not want to listen to anyone; rejects all the offers that come to him, shouts for the smallest offense. Why is this happening? The boss had been making tough decisions all day and by the evening he was overwhelmed. His willpower has depleted all his reserves.
A similar thing happens to any person. Even if he does not make global decisions, he still gets tired. Here's another situation to consider: a typical shopping trip to the supermarket. At first, a person calmly refuses to buy things that he does not need, but after an hour of exhausting fermentation in a huge supermarket, he begins to take everything that is bad. Most likely it will not be useful even in everyday life, but the check has already been broken and things cannot be returned. This is exactly what marketers and large store owners are using now. After all, the larger the store, the more time a person spends there. And the longer he walks, the more he buys. Simple formula.
Acting impulsively and, to some extent, irrational. To commit crazy and strange things, not to think about making a decision for a long time, not to think about the consequences. This will conserve your energy. Nobody forces you to always behave like this. This will lead to a ruined life. But sometimes let your inner rebel go free. By the way, this explains why teenagers have so much energy and sewed in one place.
Full rest, without movement and any volitional decisions. The trip to the resort helps a lot. There you can just lie on the sea and not think about anything.
These are the two most common ways to restore willpower. Everyone can choose the one that suits him more.
Another experiment played an important role in the study of this human feature. A number of people were given certain phones, which were called by psychologists, and asked if they now feel any desire. As the study showed, almost everyone in the experiment wanted something, but resisted it. Someone wanted to sleep while working, someone else to eat during a diet, and so on. From this experience, two conclusions can be drawn: firstly, desires are the norm and a person always wants something, and secondly, resistance to them leads to fatigue, aggression and other negative consequences. The more you resist something, the more likely it is that the next temptation will overpower you.
