The Willpower Instinct
How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
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 new 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 psyc...
Publish Date
2011-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
2011-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads rating
4.13
ISBN
8601419955930
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2013-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
Amazing book about willpower from Stanford psychology professor who teaches just this. Killer first point: The best way to improve your self-control is to see how and why you lose control. This is a better book than the other book on Willpower here on my list, because it's more actionable, better written, better presented. Really amazing (IF you act on it!) – source2012-02-02T03:35:55.000Z
@rhawkins @TheAtlantic the better book on will power is the Willpower Instinct – source