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Winners take shortcuts

Fuck willpower Winners take shortcuts Cate Hall Jul 09, 2025 971 134 155 Share Illustration by Alexander Naughton Sometimes, I see someone on the internet say something that I think is so completely backwards , so 100% off, that I feel thankful for their help in locating what is actually true. Their statement provides a sort of True South that can be used to locate True North. In this case, it’s this tweet about willpower — which, without actually using the word willpower, propagates the idea that there are two kinds of people: those who can act according to willed precommitments (“Type 1”), a

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