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• Factors such as negative mood, fatigue and alcohol play a large part in self-control failure.
• Previous effort is one especially well studied factor that decreases self-control. All else being equal, a second self-control attempt after an initial one is more likely to...

A series of studies have confirmed that speaking to yourself can influence your performance. When comparing the effectiveness of self-talk using first person pronouns "I can do this!" to second-person pronouns "You can do this!", researchers found that second-person self-talk imp...

According to John Hopkins neuroscientist Charles Lamb, when in peak performance or flow state...when you are "in the zone" -

• The self-monitoring part of our brain is deactivated (as shown by fMRI).
• It means, no more second-guessing or interference from our voice of doubt.