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A review by fbroom
The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It by Kelly McGonigal
5.0
I liked this book. If you’re stressed, read it.
Things I liked:
Treat your will power as a muscle, it gets tired when you over use it and it gets better with exercise.
Reminding yourself with the progress you made on a project, gives you the green light to take a step back, instead remind yourself of how you are now closer to finishing your project and how committed you are to finishing it.
The promise of reward is what our brain is looking for and not the reward itself. so we chase satisfaction from things that do not deliver. One tip is to wait 10 minutes.
Feeling bad and stressing puts you in a reward seeking state resulting in intense cravings. Self Criticism leads to having less motivation and worse self control instead forgive yourself.
Our brains are not trained for future reward. The longer you have to wait for a reward, the less it means to you.
Things I liked:
Treat your will power as a muscle, it gets tired when you over use it and it gets better with exercise.
Reminding yourself with the progress you made on a project, gives you the green light to take a step back, instead remind yourself of how you are now closer to finishing your project and how committed you are to finishing it.
The promise of reward is what our brain is looking for and not the reward itself. so we chase satisfaction from things that do not deliver. One tip is to wait 10 minutes.
Feeling bad and stressing puts you in a reward seeking state resulting in intense cravings. Self Criticism leads to having less motivation and worse self control instead forgive yourself.
Our brains are not trained for future reward. The longer you have to wait for a reward, the less it means to you.