5.0

Rather than actually do anything to improve my habits or willpower, i will read books about it and that counts, right? But seriously, this is the perfect complement to atomic habits and other books on habits out there but this gets much more into the science of our brain. Dopamine man!! It’s really wild! I’m listening to this book as I scroll Instagram as the book tells me how Instagram (social media in general) hooks you with the dopamine hit and keeps you coming back just like the rats that zapped themselves over and over again without ever gaining satisfaction. It’s wild. There are willpower challenges to do as well so it’s actionable in its advice. I’m going to buy it in hard copy so that I can tab it/use it because I really think that for me the science behind our willpower (or lack thereof) is so interesting and that we assign morality to it is also bizarre (eg: if I don’t Resist the candy bar It’s bc Im a bad person, when , in reality there are so . Many. Different. Factors that go into whether or not you’ll be able to resist). Super readable and interesting; highly recommend!