Title: Willpower Doesn't Work Pdf
We rely on willpower to create change in our lives...but what if we're thinking about it all wrong? In Willpower Doesn't Work, Benjamin Hardy explains that willpower is nothing more than a dangerous fad - one that is bound to lead to failure. Instead of "white-knuckling" your way to change, you need to instead alter your surroundings to support your goals. This book shows you how.
The world around us is fast-paced, confusing, and full of distractions. It's easy to lose focus on what you want to achieve, and your willpower won't last long if your environment is in conflict with your goals - eventually the environment will win out. Willpower Doesn't Work is the needed guide for today's overstimulating and addicting environment. Willpower Doesn't Work will specifically teach you:
- How to make the biggest decisions of your life - and why those decisions must be made in specific settings
- How to create a daily "sacred" environment to live your life with intention and not get sucked into the cultural addictions
- How to invest big in yourself to upgrade your environment and mind-set
- How to put "forcing functions" in your life - so your default behaviors are precisely what you want them to be
- How to quickly put yourself in proximity to the most successful people in the world - and how to adapt their knowledge and skills to yourself even quicker
- How to create an environment where endless creativity and boundless productivity is the norm
Benjamin Hardy will show you that nurture is far more powerful than your nature and teach you how to create and control your environment so your environment will not create and control you.
It seems like this is a compilation of a lot of current ... The title is a bit misleading -- it requires will power to implement his ideas. It seems like this is a compilation of a lot of current ideas out there on mindfulness and self improvement. I think the premise that environment matters is generally accepted and not revolutionary. Some of the ideas seem to be for very specific individuals and may not be your goals (minimalist living, never working in the same place two days in a row, working two weeks on and two weeks off, etc). Ultimately I think this book has good ideas to make you more productive -- it's a quick read and you can pull out ideas you think may be helpful to yourself and your goals (and yes, some will power required).Insightful and Thought Provoking! I really loved this book. It was easy to read and understand and I often felt like the author was specifically speaking to me. I found myself saying 'YES' several times when reading particularly insightful concepts. I often enjoy this author's work on Medium.com (as do many others since he is the most read author on Medium) and I found this book to be powerful. I appreciated the mix of science and real world examples. Make no mistake - it takes work to achieve what you want in this life and this book highlights a different perspective than the oversimplified and overused concept of willpower. It discusses how vital your environment is and how you have the power to make subtle (or big) changes to your environment which will reap positive outcomes. It also acknowledges that while every environment you are in can't always be changed, you can absolutely change the environment of your mind - which WILL change your thoughts and actions and ultimately, your life.If you've read his articles you have most of this book already. If you have read his articles then you know much of the book already. Although he says willpower doesn't work, it is part of the 100% commitment and working through your fears. His write-up on journaling and planning are very clear--I think more than his articles. I was looking for something to set some personal goals for myself, but this doesn't really address goals that are not business related. He talks about the growth mindset in terms of adaptive learn which is probably one of the best parts of the book. Most of his examples are for business as well. I don't see anything new in the book. If you just want to do something to help you with goals like losing weight or working on your personal finances, this isn't it. I think it could have been a better book if he did something on those types of goals as well as business. Also, he does mention getting the skin in the game either with finances or social implications. How many of use have paid for an expensive gym membership and told all our friends we were going to get buff and then a few months later we are on the couch. Maybe money and social pressures make some people motivated but not that many.
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