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Rich Meyer
Mark Muraven is a psychologist who has conducted influential experiments on willpower. His research concludes that willpower is neither a limited resource nor a consistent skill that people can always exercise. Instead, Muraven has shown that willpower is more like a muscle—it can wear itself out, but also get stronger over time.
Mark Muraven Quotes in The Power of Habit
The The Power of Habit quotes below are all either spoken by Mark Muraven or refer to Mark Muraven . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5
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“Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.”
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Mark Muraven Quotes in The Power of Habit
The The Power of Habit quotes below are all either spoken by Mark Muraven or refer to Mark Muraven . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 5
Quotes
“Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
