Willpower doesn't work
Subtitle: discover the hidden keys to success
By: Benjamin Hardy
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780316441322
Subjects: Becoming (Philosophy); Proximity spaces; Success; Social aspects; Self; Identity (Psychology)
Other titles: Will power doesn't work
Description: Argues that lasting personal change, high performance, creativity, and productivity can only occur by strategically outsourcing desired behavior to goal-enriching environments.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why willpower doesn't work; title: Part 1: Your environment shapes you.  Every hero is the product of a situation : understanding the power of surroundings; title: How your environment shapes you : the myth of willpower; title: Two types of "enriched" environments : high stress and high recovery; title: Part 2. How to make willpower irrelevant.  Reset your life : make powerful decisions outside your routine environment; title: Designate a sacred space : establish a daily environment to stay on course; title: Remove everything that conflicts with your decisions : subtraction is productivity; title: Change your default options : make positive choices automatic; title: Create triggers to prevent self-sabotage : putting failure-planning to work; title: Part 3. Outsource high performance and success to our environment.  Embed "forcing functions" into your environment : make change happen; title: More than good intentions : how to adapt to new and difficult environments; title: Grow into your goals : outsource your motivation to high pressure environments; title: Rotate your environments : change it up based on the work you're doing; title: Find unique collaboraions : change your world through who you work with; title: Neve forget where you came from : remember the environment where you began; title: Conclusion: No matter where you are, you can change.