02.12.2016 - By Positivity Podcast with Make School
John Tierney, NYT bestselling author, has previously partnered with Roy Baumiester, leading researcher, to dissect the 7 tactics you can use to strengthen your willpower.
In this episode, we cover common misconceptions of willpower, and how tech can hold us accountable, as well as Tierney’s 7 tactics for willpower:
- Small and attainable - small exercises to build willpower
- Know limits - know where energies are being sucked
- Eat, sleep - the power of good health on willpower
- Goals - monitoring your willpower to increase it
- Structure no distractions - cut out things that pull energy
- Start with something simple - low hanging fruit
- Track it - measure willpower to increase it
Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (www.soullabs.co). Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).