Samaneh Saadat

“effort of will or self-control is tiring; if you have had to force yourself to do something, you are less willing or less able to exert self-control when the next challenge comes around.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow

“people systematically overestimate both the pain they will experience as a consequence of anticipated losses and the joy they will garner from anticipated gains.”
― Duncan J. Watts, Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer

“when we challenge our assumptions about the world—or even more important, when we realize we’re making an assumption that we didn’t even know we were making—we may or may not change our views. But even if we don’t, the exercise of challenging them should at least force us to notice our own stubbornness, which in turn should give us pause.”
― Duncan J. Watts, Everything is Obvious: Once You Know the Answer

“people who are simultaneously challenged by a demanding cognitive task and by a temptation are more likely to yield to the temptation.”
― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow