By Premier Health staff — 2019
It’s the self-control to say “no” to too much eating, spending, video gaming, alcohol consumption and other indulgences that keep us from goals we’ve set. It’s something we all wish we had more of: willpower.
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A growing body of evidence indicates that willpower and self-control are essential for a happy and successful life.
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Learning how to increase willpower requires time.
Addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist Jud Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., has spent over 15 years studying why we make bad habits—and what makes them so difficult to break.
I've spent my entire career helping high performers set up better strategies and habits to keep them energized, engaged and achieving their best. And the biggest secret I've learned in almost 20 years in this field is what I call "trigger moments."
I believe there’s a huge difference in the way successful people and unsuccessful people think. And I believe that success itself is not some big mystery that people haven’t figured out before.
Happiness expert Gretchen Rubin counts on these "fundamental habits" to help promote bigger changes.
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Habits are like the invisible architecture of daily life—research suggests that about 40 percent of our existence is shaped by our habits.