相反，他们发现一个人的精神状态和个人对意志力的观点决定了他们在费力的脑力劳动方面工作时间的长久和效果的好坏。
Instead, they've found that a person's mindset and personal beliefs about willpower determine how long and how well they'll be able to work on a tough mental exercise.
我的解释：尽管某些事情在一个人的生活中可能是注定要发生的，但我们具有自由意志。
My interpretation: Although certain things may occur in one's life that may be destiny, we do have free will.
一个人的意志力在危急时刻尤为重要，有些人能坚持才能生存下来，但是有些人却无法做到。
One's volition is very important in emergency, some may not persist and survive through hard times but some may.
“这样的决定是那些愚蠢的官员在一个小屋子里做出的愚蠢决定，完全地不遵循人的意志去决定”，在一个论坛里一个人这样说。
This is just another stupid decision by several foolish officials taken in a small room, totally unreflective of the people's will, "said a comment on Mop, a current affairs forum."
常常来不及细细品味，因为在路上，在坎坷中，在风雨中，考验着我们的意志，锤炼着我们每一个人。
No time to savor the often, because on the road, in the rough, in the rain, a test of our will, exercise each one of us.
常常来不及细细品味，因为在路上，在坎坷中，在风雨中，考验着我们的意志，锤炼着我们每一个人。
No time to savor the often, because on the road, in the rough, in the rain, a test of our will, exercise each one of us.
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