How to Change Your Self-Control Theory

Both non-limited and limited theorists feel just as tired immediately after exercising self-control. Non-limited theorists don't take their feelings as a sign that they have depleted a limited resource, however. In contrast, if you believe your willpower is unlimited, you'll feel energized by self-control tasks. If you use the more effortless strategies, which we'll describe in the rest of this guide, you can automatically shape your self-control theory to be more non-limited.