Your feelings about your willpower affect the way you behave.

你对意志力的感受会影响你的行为方式。

I really admire you for your willpower. I'd like to be like you.

我真佩服你的意志力，真希望我能像你一样。

Willpower isn't some immutable trait we're either born with or not.

意志力不是我们与生俱来且不可改变的特质。

Willpower is most dynamic when applied to positive, uplifting purposes.

意志力在用于积极向上的目标时是最具活力的。

According to the study, what matters most is what we think about our willpower.

根据这项研究，最重要的是我们如何看待自己的意志力。

Your willpower is not like a dam that can block the torrent of self-indulgence.

你的意志力不像可以阻止自我放纵的洪流的水坝。

According to this study, what matters most is what we think about our willpower.

根据这项研究，最重要的是我们对意志力的看法。

However, people who view their willpower as a limitless resource get energized instead.

然而，要是将自己的意志力视为取之不尽的资源，人们反而会变得精力充沛。

If you want to increase that willpower, a new study suggests you just simply have to believe you have it.

一项新的研究表明，如果你想增强意志力，你只要相信自己有这种意志力就行了。

A good dose of willpower is often necessary to see any task through whether it's sticking to a spending plan or finishing a great novel.

无论是坚持一项支出计划还是完成一部伟大的小说，良好的意志力往往是完成任何任务都需要的。

A good dose of willpower is often necessary to see any task through, whether it's sticking to a spending plan or finishing a great novel.

无论是坚持一项支出计划，还是完成一部伟大的小说，完成任何任务都需要强大的意志力。

Based on the findings, the researchers suggest that the key to boosting your willpower is to believe that you have an abundant supply of it.

基于这些发现，研究人员认为增强意志力的关键在于相信自己有充足的意志力。

For then we will realize that our lives are not controlled by the whims of fate, but by ourselves, by our own actions, and by our own willpower.

因为到那时我们就会意识到，我们的生活不是由莫测的命运控制的，而是由我们自己、我们自己的行动和我们自己的意志控制的。

He came in for help after his attempts to stop smoking by willpower alone failed.

他仅靠毅力戒烟失败后到这里来求助。

How important it is to have strong willpower!

拥有坚强的意志力是多么重要！

That way, you'll build up your willpower again.

这样，你将再次建立起意志力。

The authors say that willpower is like a muscle.

作者认为，意志力如同肌肉一般。

Just like any muscle, your "willpower muscle" can get tired.

就像任何肌肉一样，你的“意志力肌肉”也会疲劳。

A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。

Next time you want to do something you might regret, you have the willpower to say "No".

下次当你想做一些可能会后悔的事情时，你有意志力说“不”。

In 1972, Professor Walter Mischel tested the willpower of 600 four-year-olds to six-year-olds.

1972年，沃尔特·米歇尔教授测试了600名4岁至6岁儿童的意志力。

One last thing, the writer mentions people who learn foreign languages usually have a lot of willpower.

最后，作者提到学习外语的人通常意志力都很强。

He found that those who'd shown strong willpower were getting better marks at university and were more popular.

他发现那些表现出强大意志力的人在大学里成绩更好，也更受欢迎。

If you've had to do lots of things that require willpower, take a break or give yourself a treat.

如果你必须做很多需要意志力的事情，那就休息一下或者犒劳一下自己。

Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree.

珍妮弗·莫尔为取得护理学学士学位比普通大学生需要更多的毅力。

Daily willpower exercises will help you with those bigger goals, such as studying for an exam or training for a marathon.

每天进行意志力锻炼有助于你实现那些更远大的目标，比如复习备考或马拉松训练。

If you do daily "self-control exercises", such as making your bed or brushing your teeth, you'll improve your overall willpower.

如果你每天都做“自制练习”，比如整理床铺或刷牙，你的整体意志力就会得到提高。

Developing strong willpower, whether it is in response to our favorite chocolate cake or to over-shopping, is something that we can all benefit from.

培养强大的意志力，无论是对我们最喜欢的巧克力蛋糕还是对过度购物，这都能使我们从中受益。

That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelor's degree.

詹妮弗的意志力最终开花结果，她从威斯康星大学欧克莱尔分校毕业，成为她那大家族中第一个取得学士学位的人。

70% ate the first marshmallow within fifteen minutes, but the other 30% showed willpower—they didn't eat the first one and waited for the second marshmallow quietly.

70%的人在15分钟内吃掉了第一个棉花糖，但其余30%的人则表现出意志力——他们没有吃第一个棉花糖，而是静静等待第二个棉花糖。