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High Performance Reset 1: The Battery vs. The Motor – Why Your "Willpower" is Lying to You
Stop Willing, Start Being
When you rely on willpower, you are constantly "draining." You are forcing yourself to do things that your current identity hasn't made automatic yet. Every time you have to "force" yourself to hit the gym or stay calm in a crisis, you are pulling from a finite energy source.
Identity, however, is a motor. It doesn’t drain; it runs.