Thetemptations related to work or playthey are the ones who find it most difficult to say “no”. Specifically, a study by the University of Chicago (USA) shows that the impulses that are most difficult to resist a human being have to do with theneed to look at your cell phone, lie on the couch, check email for a new work subject, or check out social media updates, including Twitter. The same study shows thatthe desires that human beings feel most strongly are those that affect the need for sleep and sex. And tobacco and alcohol, despite being addictive, generate a much weaker desire in us.
As for the most problematic, surprisingly for the researchers they were sleep and leisure, or what is the same, the struggle between “the natural inclination to rest and relax and the permanent tension generated by work and life obligations everyday “, clarifies Wilhelm Hofmann, co-author of the study published in the journalPsychological Science.
Thebalance between desire and temptations and self-controlit is especially difficult when the willpower falters. In those moments, it’s like “everything in life gets louder,” says study co-author Roy Baumeister. That is, the things that tempt us stand out more when we lack the will. In addition, the more frequent and recent the resistance that a person has put up to overcome a desire, the less successful they will be in resisting any subsequent one.
