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For years, our idea of the do it yourself and well-being has been dominated by the notion of self-esteem, as the old-fashioned value of willpower has been disparaged by psychologists who argued that we're basically driven by unconscious makes beyond our control. In Willpower Baumeister and Tierney convert this misinformation on its check out reveal self-control as arguably the single most powerful signal of success. Baumeister learned that willpower actually has a physical basis to it: it is similar to a muscle that may be strengthened with practice, and fatigued from overuse. That's why eating and sleeping - and especially failing woefully to do either of these - have such dramatic results on self-control. Yet, while self-control is biologically rooted, we've the capacity to control our mother nature. Willpower features personal experiences from entrepreneurs, executives, parents and children who have managed to do that. The characters range between Victorian explorers to modern homemakers, from university students pulling all nighters to entertainers. The practical lessons in self-control conditioning they provide are nothing less than life changing. Combining the best of modern cultural knowledge with the practical knowledge of David Allen, Ben Franklin, while others, Baumeister and Tierney here show the definitive compendium of modern lessons in willpower.
