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Your will is your mental ability to choose which of your competing desires to act on—essentially, what lets you pick the strongest one when you want different things at the same time. It matters because it determines whether you follow through on your choices or get pulled in different directions by conflicting wants.
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De wil is het bewuste vermogen van de mens om van een gedachte of een geheel van gedachten, een plan, over te gaan naar een handeling om een toestand te bestendigen, te veranderen of te doen ingaan.
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