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How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It
Avery
January 2012
On Sale: December 29, 2011
272 pages
ISBN: 1583334386
EAN: 9781583334386
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 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.
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