The Willpower Instinct

This is such a transformative book. It requires you to do the toughest thing though... be honest with yourself. Kelly McGonigal does an incredible job of explaining how our brain works, and why we have these feelings and how to identfy them.In the grand scheme of humanity, the modern society we live in now has only just been invented, and so most of the things our brain does, isn't necessarily required in todays world, but there it is, all still happening. When you first fully understand that neuro-marketing is real, and then how they do it and how your brain responds to such inmputs, this book will kind of give you a superpower... improved willpower, and the ability to get sh*t done.You'll need to actively practice, read and review and you will build the habit and strengthen your willlpower muscle.Knowledge *is* power, and will you be a total Willpower god after reading this? Of course not, but you will have the blueprint to improve it. Stopping the "I've been good, so I'll be bad" mindset is worth the price of the book alone, I challenge anyone to read it and not identify some part of themselves in this book, and then think "Oh yeah, I do that... all the time!"If you're about to take on a tough challenge of any kind, or want to change the way you think or just generally have more control over the things you do (like stopping doom scrolling on social media), this book along with Mindset by Carol Dweck are the two best books I can recommend.Since reading these books (and a few more), in the last two years I've gone from being an uneducated overweight and ignorant estate agent that was blaming everyone else for my own failures, to a rock climbing (not overweight) self taught software engineer working for a Silicon Valley tech company, who can recognise failures, own them, and do something about them.This book is the icing on the cake, and I'll forever recommend it to anyone who wants more freedom in their life.

I love this book. Each chapter covers a different aspect of willpower with exercises to test on yourself to see if it helps you to improve your willpower. There is humour in the book and it is easy to follow. Highly recommend this to anyone struggling to achieve their goal.

I’ve enjoyed reading and implementing the ideas in this book. The practical exercises have enabled me to think through and plan needed changes in a realistic way. The book offers multiple insights and has helped me in ways that make a real difference.

A little hard to get into for me but it was a decent book

This book outlines the course Dr McGonigal runs at her University to help people increase their willpower. All her advice is evidence based, easy to follow, practical and realistic. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to quit a bad habit or start a good one.