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I learned a few things from reading this book. But I found the presentation to be surprisingly boring. If I wanted a list of 101 willpower tips, I would have read a crappy Lifehacker post. This book had a lot of great things to say, it just said them very poorly. So I've composed an abridged version of the book that I personally think is much better than the actual book. I enjoyed a lot of the science behind it and that was fun to read, but the rest of the book gets fairly annoying fairly fast. So if you'd like to get smarter, skim the book instead or take a look at my summary.
- Your brain isn't going to be very strong if your body isn't.
- Willpower gets stronger the more you practice it.
- Trying to be good or "right" instead of focusing on our longer-term goals gives us permission to be bad. That's bad.
- Our brains mistake the promise of reward for a guarantee of happiness, so we chase satisfaction from things that do not deliver. Another bad idea.
- Guilt is not a positive emotion. Feeling bad leads to giving in.
- We don't perceive our future selves accurately.
- Willpower is contagious. In other words, don't hang around losers.
- Don't try to suppress thoughts and cravings. It doesn't work too well. Accept the thoughts, but don't act on them.
- Your brain isn't going to be very strong if your body isn't.
- Willpower gets stronger the more you practice it.
- Trying to be good or "right" instead of focusing on our longer-term goals gives us permission to be bad. That's bad.
- Our brains mistake the promise of reward for a guarantee of happiness, so we chase satisfaction from things that do not deliver. Another bad idea.
- Guilt is not a positive emotion. Feeling bad leads to giving in.
- We don't perceive our future selves accurately.
- Willpower is contagious. In other words, don't hang around losers.
- Don't try to suppress thoughts and cravings. It doesn't work too well. Accept the thoughts, but don't act on them.