willpower
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Willpower is not this magic thing inside you, instead your ability to stick to something is "about the way you've arranged the world around you," he says.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Willpower might be key to getting off the couch to exercise, but bacteria may lend a helping hand.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2022
Finding Willpower: What works is liking your life the way it is.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2022
Willpower, then, is a word ascribed to people who manage to do what they said they were going to do: it’s a judgment about their behaviour.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2017
“I just made up my mind to do it. Willpower. Willpower goes a long way toward getting what you want, Pilar.”
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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