How SelfControl Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
by Kelly McGonigal
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Recommended by 6 notable people, including Nat Eliason and Derek Sivers
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Self Discipline, Procrastination, and Best Productivity Books.
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 selfcontrol and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity.Informed by the latest research and combining cuttingedge insights from psyc...
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Recommended by 7 sources and appears in Self Discipline, Procrastination, and Best Productivity Books.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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