{"id":419,"date":"2013-05-20T11:25:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T18:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2015-01-30T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:58:28","slug":"the-willpower-instinct-by-kelly-mcgonigal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A\u00a0tremendous\u00a0book on Will Power. Life Changing!<\/p>\n

From Amazon:<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

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  1. Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.<\/li>\n
  2. Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.<\/li>\n
  3. Temptation and stress hijack the brain’s systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower<\/li>\n
  4. Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control.<\/li>\n
  5. Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control.<\/li>\n
  6. Willpower failures are contagious–you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends\u00ad\u00ad–but you can also catch self-control from the right role models.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A\u00a0tremendous\u00a0book on Will Power. Life Changing! From Amazon: “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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-gallery","6":"category-books","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"post_format-post-format-gallery"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iJZ9-6L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stephengay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}