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 now, recent studies by British scientists have shown that this is probably true. People can get tired of making any serious decisions.
In Britain, scholars analyzed court orders in case review. They examined three cases a day: one in the morning, the second in the afternoon, and the third in the evening. Statistics showed that they satisfied the petition for the appeal of the judge in 70% in the morning and only in 10% in the evening. This shows that in the evening the judges were looking for a simple way to resolve the issue and this was probably due to fatigue in making important decisions.
And there are many similar examples around. For example, the boss in a fast-growing company is kind all day, tries to help everyone, listens to all the suggestions. In the evening, he becomes a completely different person: he does not want to listen to anyone; Rejects all offers that come to him, shouts for the smallest offense. Why is this happening? All day the boss made difficult decisions and by the evening he was overloaded. His willpower has exhausted all its 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 standard shopping trip to the supermarket. At first, a person calmly refuses to buy unnecessary things, but after an hour of grueling fermentation in a huge supermarket, he begins to take everything that is bad. Most likely this will not be useful even in everyday life, but the check has already been broken and things can not be returned. This is what marketers and owners of large stores are now using. Indeed, the larger the store, the more people spend there time. And the longer he walks, the more he buys. Simple formula.
So how do you deal with this fatigue? There are two effective ways:
Act impulsively and, to some extent, irrationally. To make crazy and strange actions, not to think about making a decision for a long time, not to think about the consequences. It will save your energy. Nobody forces always to behave so. This will lead to ruined life. But sometimes let loose the inner rebel. By the way, this explains where teenagers got so much energy and sewed in one place.
A complete rest, without movement and any strong-willed decisions. A 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 his liking.
An important role in the study of this human feature was played by another experiment. A number of people were given out certain telephones that psychologists called, and asked if they were now experiencing any desire. As the study showed, almost each of the participants in the experiment wanted something, but resisted it. Someone wanted to sleep during work, someone wanted to eat during a diet and so on. Two conclusions can be drawn from this experience: 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 that the next temptation will overcome you.
So what to do so as not to get annoyed? The answer is simple: a compromise. It is necessary to fulfill part of the desire, so as not to waste all your energy. Or restore it later, using the two methods mentioned above.