When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage.

Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.

When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience.

The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress. (...) these three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matter most— are the foundation for self-control.

We wrongly but persistently expect to make different decisions tomorrow than we do today

Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.

For most of us, the classic test of willpower is resisting temptation, whether the temptress is a doughnut, a cigarette, a clearance sale, or a one-night stand. When people say, "I have no willpower," what they usually mean is, "I have trouble saying no when my mouth, stomach, heart, or (fill in your anatomical part) wants to say yes.