Questions tagged [ego-depletion]
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Does limiting one's trivial decisions free more energy for bigger decisions?
I've read a number of times that "successful" people limit the number of trivial decisions they make on a day-to-day basis in order to have more energy for bigger decisions. A common example cited (e....
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What are other methods to induce ego depletion besides using emotional videos and thought suppression?
Muraven and Baumeister (2000) proposed that self-control is a limited resource akin to strength or a muscle, to deplete this limited resource leads to subsequent self-regulatory failure. Ego depletion,...
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