The willpower instinct how self-control works, why it matters, and what you can do to get more of it
McGonigal provides a step-by-step program for identifying goals, strengthening self-control, and making lifelong changes, whether it's weight loss, financial health, stress reduction, conquering procrastination, being a better parent, or finding your focus.
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New York :
Avery,
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Table of Contents:
- I will, I won't, I want : what willpower is, and why it matters
- The willpower instinct : your body was born to resist cheesecake
- Too tired to resist : why self-control is like a muscle
- License to sin : why being good gives us permission to be bad
- The brain's big lie : why we mistake wanting for happiness
- What the hell : how feeling bad leads to giving in
- Putting the future on sale : the economics of instant gratification
- Infected! why willpower is contagious
- Don't read this chapter : the limits of "I won't" power
- Final thoughts.
