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    The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
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    The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
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    The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It

    Written by Kelly McGonigal

    Narrated by Walter Dixon

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    About this audiobook

    Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower", The Willpower Instinct is the first audiobook 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 psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, listeners 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2019
    ISBN9780593162941
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    The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
    Author

    Kelly McGonigal

    Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is an award-winning psychology instructor at Stanford University, as well as a health educator for the School of Medicine’s Health Improvement Program. Her psychology courses for professionals and the general public – including ‘The Science of Willpower’ and ‘Living Well With Stress’ – are among the most popular in the history of Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program. She is also the author of Psychology Today’s ‘Science of Willpower’ blog. Kelly lives in California.

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    • 4/5
      Great listen would recommend to anyone who loves self development
    • 5/5
      Everything you need to understand willpower, how it works, why it’s fails, how to overcome it.
    • 5/5
      This book was far beyond what I expected. I learned things I'm going to use on a daily basis, highly recommend
    • 5/5
      Excelente trabalho! Muita ajuda para quem pretemde alcançar mais consciência de agir