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Willpower

Roy F. Baumeister

PsychologyProductivity & HabitsHealth & Mind
Publish date
2011
Publisher
Penguin Press
Description
Roy F. Baumeister's *Willpower* examines the psychological and biological mechanisms of self-control. Drawing on empirical research, the book discusses how willpower operates as a finite resource subject to depletion and fatigue. It also covers strategies for managing mental energy, setting achievable goals, and building sustainable habits.
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    Provides the behavioral economic framework of hyperbolic discounting used to explain impulsive choices.

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  3. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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    Franklin's systematic tracking of virtues is analyzed as an exemplary model of behavioral self-monitoring.

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    Analyzed for its use of bright-line rules and social accountability to overcome ego depletion.

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    Robert B. Cialdini

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    Illustrates how compliance tactics exploit ego depletion to bypass rational decision-making.

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  7. The Science of Self-Control

    Howard Rachlin

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    Offers experimental psychological foundations regarding teleological behaviorism and self-control strategies.

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    Referenced to illustrate how environmental choice architecture can compensate for depleted willpower.

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    Discussed as an example of deliberately structuring an environment to avoid modern mental distractions.

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    Cited regarding the psychological balance between primitive impulses and deliberate conscious regulation.

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