willpower
Mind over temptation
Willpower is the mental strength to control impulses, resist temptation, or persist through difficulty.
It implies deliberate self-discipline rather than natural ease: It takes willpower to stick to a diet, She summoned the willpower to finish the marathon.
Willpower is often treated as a finite resource that can be depleted or strengthened.
Ability to restrain impulses
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- self-regulationManaging one's own behavior
impulse control · delayed gratification · executive function · self-discipline · restraint · inhibition · self-mastery · volition
Trained self-control or specialty
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- mental toughnessPsychological resilience capacity
- pushing throughContinuing despite difficulty
rep · plateau · training · no pain no gain · commitment · consistency · gym · resistance
Urge toward the unwise
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
junk food · cheat day · calorie counting · moderation · snacking · hunger · fasting · restraint
Independent decision-making capacity
- volitionCapacity for choice
- agencyPower to act
- NietzscheGerman philosopher of will
- SchopenhauerGerman pessimist philosopher
determinism · self-determination · intention · choice · moral strength · virtue · stoicism · character
Unimpaired mental state
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- relapseReturn to former illness
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- cravingPowerful urge to have
urge · withdrawal · trigger · twelve steps · sponsor · clean · temptation · quitting
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resolveFirmness of purpose
self-regulation · impulse control · delayed gratification · executive function · self-discipline · restraint · inhibition · self-mastery · volition · agency
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- mental toughnessPsychological resilience capacity
pushing through · rep · plateau · training · no pain no gain · commitment · consistency · gym · resistance · stamina
temptation
Urge toward the unwise
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
sugar · junk food · cheat day · calorie counting · moderation · snacking · hunger · fasting · restraint · indulgence
autonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
Schopenhauer · determinism · self-determination · intention · choice · moral strength · virtue · stoicism · character · rationality
sobriety
Unimpaired mental state
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- relapseReturn to former illness
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
craving · urge · withdrawal · trigger · twelve steps · sponsor · clean · temptation · quitting · cold turkey
- abilitiesstrength, agility, endurance, flexibility, dexterity
- fortitudefortitude, mental fortitude, grit, resolve, tenacity
- resilienceresilience, grit, bounce back, bouncing back, robustness
- self-disciplineself-discipline, self-control, self-regulation, restraint, impulse control
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- toughnessgrit, stamina, endurance, tenacity, resilience
willpowerself-indulgence
Excessive yielding to desires
indulgence · intemperance · unrestraint · overindulgence · gratification
willpowerweakness
Deficiency in force
feebleness · frailty · surrender · capitulation · spinelessness
willpowerirresolution
Lack of firm decision
indecision · vacillation · apathy · lethargy · hesitancy
will, power, powerful, willing, unwilling, willful, potent, goodwill, willingly