Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
This work explores the psychological and biological underpinnings of self-control, framing willpower as a finite resource that functions like a muscle. The authors present the ego depletion model, suggesting that acts of choice and restraint consume a limited reservoir of mental energy.
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