Collectively, they are ways of exerting our self-control not only now, but in the future as well. If we succeed, the behavior we judge to be better will become habitual – and thus no longer require a conscious act of will to keep acting in that way.
分开来看，这些因素中的每一点都微不足道。但合在一起，它们不但是当前实现自我控制的好方法，也是未来进行自我控制的好手段。倘若取得了成功，那么那些我们认为更好的行为会成为习惯 —— 从而变成为一种不假思索的下意识行为。