WillPower – 7 ways to get more of it with John Tierney

Positivity Podcast with Make School

John Tierney, NYT bestselling author, has previously partnered with Roy Baumiester, leading researcher, to dissect the 7 tactics you can use to strengthen your willpower. In this episode, we cover common misconceptions of willpower, and how tech can hold us accountable, as well as Tierney’s 7 tactics for willpower: - Small and attainable - small exercises to build willpower - Know limits - know where energies are being sucked - Eat, sleep - the power of good health on willpower - Goals - monitoring your willpower to increase it - Structure no distractions - cut out things that pull energy - Start with something simple - low hanging fruit - Track it - measure willpower to increase it Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (www.soullabs.co). Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).