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What is willpower? It's a potent combination of courage, mental stamina and determination. Willpower is what gets us through. People with high willpower are driven to success, get more done, achieve greater success and their abilities stand out from the crowd.
The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we’re expected to make more—and faster—decisions about our lives than ever before.
No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Drawing on a powerful combination of neuroscience and spirituality, this book will show you that you are not your habits. Rather, your habits and addictions are the result of simple brain wiring that is easily reversed.
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Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control.
Jud Brewer MD PhD is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, A psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for addictions, Brewer has developed and tested novel mindfulness programs for habit change, including both in-person and...
Contrary to popular belief, willpower is not an innate trait that you're either born with or without. Rather it's a complex mind-body response that can be compromised by stress, sleep deprivation and nutrition and that can be strengthened through certain practices.
Social psychologist Roy Baumeister has spent years studying how people resist temptation and break bad habits—and he's here to help.
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In 2011, 27% of the respondents of the Stress in America survey reported a lack of willpower as the greatest obstacle to change.
A former drug addict himself, Lewis now researches addiction. In order to get over ones addiction, he explains, self-trust is necessary. Unfortunately, self- trust is extremely difficult for an addict to achieve.