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After years of watching her students struggling with their choices, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., realized that much of what people believe about willpower is actually sabotaging their success.
Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, this book explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. Readers will learn the following points:
- Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.
- People who have better control of their attention, emotions, and actions are healthier, happier, have more satisfying relationships, and make more money.
- Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.
- Temptation and stress hijack the brain’s systems of self-control, and that the brain can be trained for greater willpower.
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