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Some interesting, scientifically-based thoughts on willpower, plus tips on what you can do to conquer your own "willpower challenge." Some of this stuff was intuitive (you have less willpower when you're tired or hungry, for instance, or surrounding yourself with people who are good examples instead of bad), but other parts were pretty enlightening. I liked the tips on "strengthening" your willpower muscle by making small, good choices, and how meditation might help (even if you are "bad" at meditating -- the process of redirecting your thoughts over and over again strengthens your willpower "muscle"). The discussion on dopamine, the pleasure-seeking hormone, was fascinating; I realized that those times I was mindlessly refreshing my Facebook feed, I was just like those rats in the experiment, on the verge of "happiness" but never feeling satisfied. I recognized the truth that "future me" isn't going to be magically less stressed, busy, or tired (so I shouldn't keep putting off the tasks that should be done today!). Reframing those daunting tasks into smaller, more manageable ones helps ("yes, I can have a cookie, but I have to wait ten minutes first"). And when it comes to thought control, trying NOT to think about something is sometimes the worst thing we can do to ourselves; instead, recognize the thought, but then dismiss it.
I did feel like there was almost an overwhelming amount of information, but maybe that's because I was reading the book faster than the recommended pace of one chapter per week.
And now that I've tried it, I don't think self-help is a good genre choice for audio books (all the attempts at humor felt flat) -- and it bothered me that the narrator was a man when the book was written by a woman. One star for the audio aspect; three stars for the book itself.
For those looking for clean reads: there is some mild swearing, plus enough references to controlling your sexuality as a willpower challenge to make me feel annoyed and uncomfortable in places. (I realize I am a bit of a prude, though, and I don't know if it would have bothered me as much if hadn't been for the audio format.)
I did feel like there was almost an overwhelming amount of information, but maybe that's because I was reading the book faster than the recommended pace of one chapter per week.
And now that I've tried it, I don't think self-help is a good genre choice for audio books (all the attempts at humor felt flat) -- and it bothered me that the narrator was a man when the book was written by a woman. One star for the audio aspect; three stars for the book itself.
For those looking for clean reads: there is some mild swearing, plus enough references to controlling your sexuality as a willpower challenge to make me feel annoyed and uncomfortable in places. (I realize I am a bit of a prude, though, and I don't know if it would have bothered me as much if hadn't been for the audio format.)