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Discover Ludwig"weak willpower" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a lack of determination or resolve to control one's actions or make changes. It can be used in various contexts, such as discussing personal struggles, character flaws, or motivational techniques. Example: Despite her good intentions, Jane's weak willpower often led her to give in to unhealthy temptations, such as binge eating and overspending.
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Odysseus understood how weak willpower actually is when he asked his crew to bind him to the mast while sailing by the seductive Sirens.
If you have a weak willpower, you may find yourself getting stressed about passing time, or may even disregard your schedule and play RuneScape like you have before.
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I shouldn't be eating this, this food will make me fat, why am I so weak, I have no willpower, this food is bad for me.... if you have all of that going on in your brain, how does it receive pleasure?
The first step to improving delay skills is teaching kids that willpower is exceedingly weak: if we rely on the will to help us wait then we're going to eat the marshmallow right away.
It's not that we lack willpower or have weak minds.
It's not about being weak, undisciplined, slovenly or lacking willpower.
It had nothing to do with me not having willpower or being weak.
It feeds into the stereotype that all addicts are lazy, that they are all weak and that they all lack willpower.
Like most financial problems in American culture, if you're poor it's an issue of your willpower: You're failing, you're weak, you just want handouts, is what you're gonna hear".
Without something positive, comforting and loving to fill that hole up (which some call grace), we're left to depend entirely on willpower -- and our willpower is normally very weak, especially on those days of loneliness, stress, tiredness and hunger.
I don't have a mental health condition because I'm weak, don't try hard enough to change, don't have enough willpower, eat too many donuts, like the attention, or haven't read enough Oprah.
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