The Complete Guide to Self-Control - Scott H Young Jakub Jilek
Summary
- A short and concise guide to understanding the scientific principles behind self-control
How I discovered it
- I have followed his website for a while especially his attempts to learn complex subjects like an MIT course in theoretical physics in a short period of time. He offers this book and a few others for free on the site.
How the book changed me
- I guess much of self-control is already taught to us from the bible, but it is interesting to see how the brain works. I plan to apply some of these techniquest to some habits i am trying to acquire
Details
- Self-control leads to greater happiness
- Being good at self-control not necessarily because of effort made
- Thought suppression is not the best way to control ourselves
- Self-control is not a learned skill
- Want-to goals are more achievable than have-to goals
- Broadbracket your decisions
- Link your decisions to your deepest wishes
- Distractions increase our cognitive load
- Team sports are good for self-control
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A short and concise guide to understanding the scientific principles behind self-control