If you just declined an invitation to go out with friends so that you can study and then anotherfriend offers you a beer, according to research in this chapter, what can you do to exert some self-control and stick with your study plan?

a. Give up. There’s nothing you can do now; you’ve already seen the beer.
b. Take a break and collect yourself. You can resist the temptation.
c. Promise yourself you’ll only have one. It can’t affect studying that much.
d. Have a cookie instead. You deserve some treat

B. Take a break and collect yourself. You can resist the temptation

Explanation:

Just remind yourself the reason you choose to study at that point in time. (Implementation intentions). Since you had specific plans and took decisions that you were going to use that time to study instead of see your friends, try as much as possible to stick to your plans. Do Not allow your friends to deceive you. Just take a few minutes break and go back to your books, you must stick to those plans to study.

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