The Willpower Instinct

Name: The Willpower Instinct
Brand: Avery
SKU: 9781583335086-PRUSDTR-US
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How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

Kelly McGonigal (Author) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English • Age Adult - Adult

288 pages • 6.0 x 9.0 x 0.74 in

Approx. weight: 0.68 lb

Publication date: 31 Dec,2013

Barcode: 9781583335086 • Avery

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By: Kelly McGonigal

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.

Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn:

   • Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.
   • 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, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower
   • Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control.
   • Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control.
   • Willpower failures are contagious—you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends—but you can also catch self-control from the right role models.

In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.