• Reimagining our temperament can help us manage our internal triggers. • We don’t run out of willpower. Believing we do makes us less likely to accomplish our goals, by providing a rationale to quit when we could otherwise persist. • What we say to ourselves matters. Labelling yourself as having poor self-control is self-defeating. • Practise self-compassion. Talk to yourself the way you’d talk to a friend. People who are more self-compassionate are more resilient.
