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Willpower, Self-control, and Self-discipline are the virtue of being able to control emotions, behavior, and gratification with the use of motivation. As simple as it may sound, willpower and self-control have an incredible impact in a person's life. It affects all aspects in a person such as discipline, responsibility, productivity, morality, and basically everything else. Willpower is the key factor that determines the quality and length of a person's life. Perhaps the clearest demonstration of a person's willpower is his decisions. A person's decisions are influenced by two things; rational thoughts, and primitive thoughts. The rational thoughts are processed in the pre-frontal cortex, while primitive thoughts or reactions are processed in the ventral striatum. This means that the ability to think logically and analyze situations more intelligently is the effects of rational thinking, while impulsive reactions based on instincts and desires are the effects of primitive thinking. Willpower is also called to resolve, determination, self-control, self-discipline, and drive. However, many psychologists characterize the term willpower or self-control in very distinct ways. According to them, willpower is defined as your ability to resist short-term temptations in order to achieve long-term goals; your capacity to delay gratification; your ability to override any unwanted thought; and your ability to have a cool or calm cognitive system of behavior rather than having an emotionally hot system. Willpower is your ability to hold back any desire or impulsive actions that will have effects on you in the future. If you want to eat a bar of chocolate; insert another dollar in the slot machine; tell a person he or she offended you or have another glass of wine; you know that in doing any of these will not be the best decision because it has consequences in the long run. This book covers the following topics: - What willpower is and why is it matters? - The science of self-discipline and self-control - Build routines and habits for ultimate self-discipline - Characteristic of mental toughness - Developing mental toughness - Common willpower obstacles and how to overcome them - Further tips on how to strengthen your willpower - Doing the right thing - tools of willpower - Willpower strengthening - Using your willpower - Preserve your existing willpower through these small changes - How to improve your willpower ...And much more Willpower is finite and limited. It is a depletable resource that gets used up in action. Remember, when we defined that willpower is the fuel of self-control? Willpower is the fuel that gets burned when self-control is in action. Every act of self-control uses up some of your willpower reserves. People loves this theme, and this book is very helpful

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David Robert Jones is a psychologist, scientist and a scholar of human behavior who was born in Glenn Allen, San Francisco, in 1971. He presently resides, with his two newly-adopted Mexican dogs, Chac and Kinich, in Tulum, Mexico, where he has found the perfect ambient to live and write, in contact with ancestral legends and old Mayan shamans. He has published several books on Positive Thinking, People Skills, Willpower and Self-help in general. David is currently in collaboration with the Fundacion Letras Itinerantes, which dedicated to promoting a Reading Culture in Mayan communities, preserving the language, and providing quality education in Quintana Roo, Mexico. To assist their cause, he gives 10% of the sale of his books to the Foundation.

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