num_pages: 256
description: If youre relying on willpower alone to help you lose weight improve your relationships or achieve more at work youre doomed to fail. The environment around us is far too powerful stimulating addicting and stressful to overcome by white knuckling. The only way to stop just surviving and learn to truly thrive in todays world is to proactively shape your environment. Thats the premise of Willpower Doesnt Work by Medium.coms most-read writer Benjamin Hardy. Building on copious existing research as well as his own experience of growing up in a broken family afflicted by addiction and drug use Hardy explains how people can change their lives on every level by making small impactful changes in their environment like:* Creating enriched environmentsusing tougher challenges and personal investment to force yourself to rise to the occasion.* Growing into your goals-creating multiple layers of accountability to ensure you stay on track.* Becoming the teacher-stepping into a leadership role (even before you think youre ready) to accelerate your skill development and commitment.* Rotating your environments-getting out of your rut by literally changing your physical surroundings throughout the day or week.From simple steps like removing things that conflict with your values (like junk food junk media even junk people) to incorporating new tools (like fasting or embedding positive triggers to avoid self-sabotage) these strategies are how you proactively shape your surroundings so you can consciously evolve into the person you want to become.
language: English
title: Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
publisher: Hachette Books