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  • John Great posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago

    Dozens of studies show that
    willpower is the single most important
    keystone habit for individual success.
    In a 2005 study, for instance, researchers
    from the University of Pennsylvania
    analyzed 164 eighth-grade students,
    measuring their IQs and other factors,
    including how much willpower the
    students demonstrated, as measured by
    tests of their self-discipline.
    Students who exerted high levels of
    willpower were more likely to earn
    higher grades in their classes and gain
    admission into more selective schools.
    They had fewer absences and spent less
    time watching television and more hours
    “Highly self-disciplined adolescents outperformed their more
    impulsive peers on every academic-
    performance variable,” the researchers
    wrote. “Self-discipline predicted
    academic performance more robustly
    than did IQ. Self-discipline also
    predicted which students would improve
    their grades over the course of the
    school year, whereas IQ did not.… Self-
    discipline has a bigger effect on
    academic performance than does
    intellectual talent.