J Pers Soc Psychol June 2012 PMID 22149456

Everyday temptations: an experience sampling study of desire, conflict, and self-control.

Wilhelm Hofmann, Roy F Baumeister, Georg Förster, Kathleen D Vohs

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Several discussions highlight how creating an environment can be more effective than relying solely on willpower, with users noting that well-structured surroundings can invoke desirable behaviors. This reflects the article's emphasis on situational factors influencing self-control, where tone and key phrases like 'create the surroundings' and 'less need for willpower' emphasize practical implications.

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The study explores how often people experience desires, how intense those desires are, and how often they conflict with other goals in daily life, revealing that desires are frequent and usually manageable.
When desires conflict with goals, people often resist them, but success varies and is influenced by personality traits (like self-control, perfectionism, entitlement) and situational factors such as alcohol use and the presence of others.
Early in a desire, personality traits play a bigger role in influencing desire strength and conflict, whereas situational factors have a stronger impact on later stages like resisting the desire and enacting the behavior.]

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Edvardo Archer

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How is building an environment easier than willpower? Several studies show that the more self-disciplined amongst us are not more talented in controlling their self-will. They simply create the surroundings that automatically invoke the right practices. https://t.co/Yf8IxxkF3U

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Pablo Castañeda

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Es paradójico, las personas con mejor autocontrol son las que menos tienen que usarlo. https://t.co/I3jWU1HoT3

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