Can someone do a test for willpower/hardwork?
I think that would be a useful indicator. I was a B student, but I've accomplished more than A students now that I'm approaching my 30s.
I think that would be a useful indicator. I was a B student, but I've accomplished more than A students now that I'm approaching my 30s.
For adults, I propose giving them a mobile phone and a Twitter account, and seeing how long it takes for them to “just check it one more time”.
I wasn’t a fan of sweets as a kid, and I don’t have a Twitter account.
That said, I think that these, or some minor variation thereof, are fairly good and simple tests of willpower.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jun/01/famed-impu...
- Willpower at some point (age 4?) actually goes down for some period of time.
- Willpower at (I believe) age 8 was highly predictive of future success. Higher than IQ, but
- Willpower (I think here measured as focus) tends to increase with IQ.
rationally, i understand the importance of education, but emotionally, i found it a bit odd that i was paying to do work. so i always did the minimum required to get a B or low A, except on programming assignments where i wanted to prove to myself that i was the best. i usually had the highest project average in the class.
once i got myself into a position where i actually get paid to work, i didn't have much trouble getting motivated.
Let me know when you think you have finished the test, and we will evaluate it.
I have no incentive to do the test, so I wont.
My willpower is based on consequences?
So if you truly have no incentive to do the test, then you have no incentive to do anything that you choose to, and zero willpower.