The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

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		The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
		The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the new science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.

Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn:
Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep.Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health.Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpowerGuilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control.Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control.Willpower failures are contagious—you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends­­—but you can also catch self-control from the right role models.In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.

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"What a liberating book! McGonigal explains the scientific reality of willpower, exploding the myths most of us believe. Stronger willpower—based on inspiring facts, not oppressive nonsense—is finally within everyone's reach."
—Geoff Colvin, author of Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else

"The Willpower Instinct is a new kind of self-help book. Using science to explain the why and strategies for the how, McGonigal has created a must-read for anyone who wants to change how they live in both small and big ways."
—Book Page

"Each chapter could stand on its own as something helpful, but taken as a whole, this book could be downright life-altering. If you are trying to lose weight, become more successful at work, rid yourself of toxic habits...heck, if you're HUMAN, you need to read this book."
—Library Thing

“This book has tremendous value for anyone interested in learning how to achieve their goals more effectively. McGonigal clearly breaks down a large body of relevant scientific research and its applications, and shows that awareness of the limits of willpower is crucial to our ability to exercise true self control.”
—Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., co-author of You Are Not Your Brain and author of bestselling Brain Lock
 
” **** out of four.”
 —USA Today Book Review
 
“A fun and readable survey of the field, bringing willpower wisdom out of the labs.”
—TIME magazine

作者简介

Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., is an award-winning psychology instructor at Stanford University, and a lecturer and program developer at the Stanford Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education. She is also the author of The Upside of Stress and Psychology Today’s Science of Willpower blog. McGonigal lives in Palo Alto and New York City.

网友对The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It的评论

非常还的一本书，还没有读完，但受益匪浅。
通过这本书了解了如何理解人的思维和行为背后的心理，大脑方面的背景。
这本书还提供了切实可行的方法，简单但非常受用。
建议每一个像提高自己，改善自己习惯行为的人阅读。

我买的是全英文版的，在看书的同时既能当英文阅读来做也可以好好地读书充实自己。书中介绍的方法比如打坐，比如每天锻炼一点点其实都是小但是会对我们自身产生很好的影响的事。推荐给需要提高自控力的每一个人。：）

1.书面比较新，基本没有什么破损。不错。
2.先粗看了下简介，再回去比对中文版，确实翻译版本有些地方翻得比较生硬，有些还和原文的意思不符。还是看原版的好。
3.文字句式简洁明了，通俗易懂，阅读障碍较小。
4.纸质一般。

大多数人，或者说我自己有生以来吧，一直是running on autopilot 我一直苦恼似乎情绪和冲动决定了我的很多行为，因此怀疑人到底有没有自由意志。看了这本书我才终于意识到自己缺乏的是什么，和怎样改进。

简单而言，应该训练self awareness ：在有冲动的时候意识到自己的这种冲动，同时观察它，观察自己身体和心理的变化，在这个过程中，不去否定自己，也不压抑不好的冲动，而是接受它们但不采取相应的行动。知道所有的冲动最终都会消失，想象这些冲动好像海浪，自己驾着这浪，最后想象海浪到达岸边消散。

同时提醒自己究竟什么才是自己最想要的，选择做困难但正确的事，无论是不发脾气还是不抽烟

自控力的生理和心理等等方面来综合描述了某个事实，发现问题，改善问题，持之以恒

The author uses concrete examples and psychological experiments to illustrate willpower and how it works. Very useful. Could be life-changing in some cases.

第一次尝试在这里买书，感觉不错。

联系英语用，感觉不错，推荐阅读

挺好，第一次买这么高大尚的书

很好的一本书，书名就让你能有意志力看完它。不管是对意志力或自控力的了解和应用，或是提高英文阅读水平都很有帮助。拖了很久才看完，送了给朋友。里面一些小技巧平时能用得上

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