Willpower: This book is a game changer.



Thanks for the book reco. I really like this stuff.

Anyone here try meditation?

The mind is like a computer, it needs a re-boot once in awhile.
 
revisiting this thread / bump. going on a 6 hr drive on saturday. need some educational entertainment in the form of audiobooks
 
I disagree with some of the testing involved especially the ones involving money. When they offered subjects either 100 now or 150 later, the conclusion they come up with is that 150 is nobrainer. I disagree. 100 now is a better investment because of the time value involved. A mere 50 dollars is a piss poor reward for 672 hours.
 
I disagree with some of the testing involved especially the ones involving money. When they offered subjects either 100 now or 150 later, the conclusion they come up with is that 150 is nobrainer. I disagree. 100 now is a better investment because of the time value involved. A mere 50 dollars is a piss poor reward for 672 hours.


If you don't need the money right away then why not wait for more? Only reason to get it now would be if it enabled you to make more than $50 in the time you had to wait.
 
If you don't need the money right away then why not wait for more? Only reason to get it now would be if it enabled you to make more than $50 in the time you had to wait.

Shouldn't that be the default decision ? Idk. 672 hours is an awful lot of time to make more than $50 I think.
 
I read the summary on

Willpower Book Review

the bit about sugar threw me off a bit, basically saying energy increases willpower. hmmm.. yeah not shit sherlock ask any student on the last week before exams what they drink (red bull).

I found the pseudoscience a bit irritating.. and is weird angles which are inaccruate like ^.
 
Not that i terribly lack that personal quality, but i'd love to have more even - bought the book and thanx for share :)

I think willpower is something that we all think we lack, I'm pretty sure GSP thinks he lacks willpower after 8 hours of physical training in a day because he couldn't do one more hour.

If you want to put some perspective on it, we work off our own backs day in, day out. We don't rely on a boss to motivate us (whether carrot or stick), we voluntarily put in the hours in our businesses and make it grow, day in day out.

This course is designed for the mainstream, maybe some obese fucks who eats a whole tray on krispy kreams and moans about putting on weight, or spends 3 years coming up with a business plan and never puts it to practice.

We're all beyond that, and I get the feeling that the author is talking about those [average] people.

Or maybe I'm completely off the mark on this, I was just perplexed after I read the dumb comment about take sugar to increase willpower.. What the fuck??
 
I think willpower is something that we all think we lack, I'm pretty sure GSP thinks he lacks willpower after 8 hours of physical training in a day because he couldn't do one more hour.

If you want to put some perspective on it, we work off our own backs day in, day out. We don't rely on a boss to motivate us (whether carrot or stick), we voluntarily put in the hours in our businesses and make it grow, day in day out.

This course is designed for the mainstream, maybe some obese fucks who eats a whole tray on krispy kreams and moans about putting on weight, or spends 3 years coming up with a business plan and never puts it to practice.

We're all beyond that, and I get the feeling that the author is talking about those [average] people.

Or maybe I'm completely off the mark on this, I was just perplexed after I read the dumb comment about take sugar to increase willpower.. What the fuck??

have you read the book or are you just commenting on the sugar stuff?
 
I like where this was going, some real lessons here that can help people. But with the glucose thing... that's where I kind of tuned out.
 
Someone on Reddit posted a link to a short ebook on motivation that is free today, entitled "How can I stop procrastinating?" by Keith Williams. I can't find the link, but here's a summary:

1. Make lists of your goals and separate them into a "must do" A list and a "should also do but less important" B list. Focus on the A list.

2. Break your overwhelming-seeming tasks down into steps he calls "chunks." For example, if you want to clean your house, you would list each room separately. If cleaning a room seems daunting, split that up into areas, e.g., 1) clean the stove, 2) clean the refrigerator, etc. When faced with a large task like cleaning your whole house or writing a book, your mind can run away in fear and decide to procrastinate instead. Creating a list of easily-achievable goals is more appealing, and by checking off things you've done, you create a positive-enforcement loop of pleasure and achievement.

3. Visualize success over failure. Imagine yourself in the future if you fail to live up to your potential and waste your opportunities. See that person, fat, useless, homeless, loveless, friendless, alone, poor (whatever you fear the most). Imagine in detail the scorn your neighbors and ex-friends feel for you because you turned out to be a waste of a person.

Now, remove that image and imagine yourself in a future where you took advantage of your opportunities and became very successful. You are successful, wealthy, fit, with many friends and you have whatever relationship successes you desire, whether that is a perfect wife or whatever you wish for the most. Practice picturing the "Loser You" and quickly erasing and replacing him in your mind with the "Successful You."

4. Reduce stress by meditating every day for 10 to 20 minutes.

5. Exercise every day; it will increase your energy level. Eat healthy and well.

6. Track everything you do so you can see your progress. Having achivements under your belt creates a positive feedback loop, and a lack of achievement demonstrates you're doing something wrong and need to analyze what you're doing.