Self-Directed Behavior

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Like physical strength, brute self-control is a limited resource
If you have to expend self-control energy on a challenging task, you may engage in less exercise later
Choosing whether to conform to a group or not, requiring social selfcontrol, can lead to eating more 
Suppressing your emotional state can lead to less control over your eating later 
People in relationships whose self-control was experimentally fatigued, compared to people who were not fatigued, were more likely to respond with violence when provoked by their partner 
People whose self-control had been experimentally fatigued were more likely to stick to their own opinions and less likely to consider other points of view or other information 
Just making decisions on things like what college courses to take or what items to buy reduces self-control so that research subjects later showed less physical stamina, more procrastination, and less persistence in the face of failure

Brute self-control weakens with use, just as muscles do.

Human behavior and feelings are imbedded in a context, situations that come before and after the behavior. Situations can be divided into two elements: the events that come before a behavior and those that come after it. In psychology these are called antecedents and consequences.

Antecedents are the setting events for your behavior. They cue you or stimulate you to act in certain ways. They can be physical events, thoughts, emotions, or inner speech.

Habits are automatic responses to situations

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