Willpower Rules

Rules to increase willpower...

  1. Train your Willpower Physiology
  2. Forgive yourself
  3. Make friends with your future self - write a letter from your future self to your current self.
  4. Defensive Pessimism
  5. Surf the urge

Source - The Willpower Instinct - Kelly McGonigal

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Published on: 7th April, 2021

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