"McGonigal provides a step-by-step program for identifying goals, strengthening self-control, and making lifelong changes, whether it's weight loss, financial health, stress reduction, conquering procrastination, being a better parent, or finding your focus."--Provided by the publisher.
Record details
ISBN:9781583334386 (hc.) :
ISBN:1583334386 (hc.)
ISBN:9781583335086 (pb.)
ISBN:1583335080 (pb.)
Physical Description:print 275 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : Avery, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-265) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I will, I won't, I want: what willpower is, and why it matters -- The willpower instinct: your body was born to resist cheesecake -- Too tired to resist: why self-control is like a muscle -- License to sin: why being good gives us permission to be bad -- The brain's big lie: why we mistake wanting for happiness -- What the hell: how feeling bad leads to giving in -- Putting the future on sale: the economics of instant gratification -- Infected! why willpower is contagious -- Don't read this chapter: the limits of "I won't" power -- Final thoughts.