![]() ![]() ![]() The most helpful chapter for me was the science behind what practices increase or decrease your reserve of willpower, or self-control. The book is structured as ten chapters, each devoted to a common misconception we have, or mistake we make, around self-control, and offers science-based strategies to actually improve self-control in that area. I saw again and again that the strategies most people use weren’t just ineffective – they actually backfired, leading to self-sabotage and losing control. Instead, people continued to rely on worn-out strategies for self-control. Although scientific research had much to say that could help them, it was clear that these insights had not yet become part of public understanding. As McGonigal shares in the introduction:Īfter years of watching people struggle to change their thoughts, emotions, bodies, and habits, I realized that much of what people believed about willpower was sabotaging their success and creating unnecessary stress. Kelly McGonigal is a Stanford University psychologist who created a course “The Science of Willpower”, which she eventually adapted into this book, subtitled “How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It”. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |