#willpower

#willpower

In the 1960s and 70s, researchers showed that while people's actions are heavily influenced by the context around them, we tend to explain behavior by focusing on internal traits. This tendency, for example, to say someone was rude because they are a rude person, rather than because they were in a stressful situation, is called the Fundamental Attribution Error. We pay less attention to the context and attribute behavior to the content of a person's character.

Willpower isn't merely a trait of grit or grit, but rather an alignment with flow, intuition, and the natural world, facilitating a deeper connection to resilience.