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Willpower

By Chris Loper — 2018

Doing what needs to be done and resisting unhealthy temptations are really two sides of the same coin.

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You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable

You Are a Badass Every Day is the accountability buddy you can keep in your back pocket to power through obstacles, overcome the doubts that hold you back from greatness, and keep the fires of determination roaring while you reach your goals.

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Jen Sincero
2018
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How to Build Willpower and Self-Discipline | Robin Sharma

World-Class Willpower: A Revolutionary New Approach to Getting Big Things Done and Creating an Epic Life With Robin Sharma

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2014
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19:49

Epictetus: How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions (Stoicism)

In this video we will be talking about The 10 ways to keep our New Year’s Resolutions from the writings of Epictetus. Epictetus was one of the most influential teachers of the later years of the school of Stoicism.

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Epictetus
2020
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Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide

Creating Your Best Life is the only research-based book on the topic of goals and happiness, and it has found receptive audiences worldwide.

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Caroline Adams Miller, Michael B. Frisch
2011
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The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good.Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile.

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Brianna Wiest
2025
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Your Inner Will: Finding Personal Strength in Critical Times

The bestselling psychotherapist and author of The Power of Kindness provides concrete, meaningful lessons in developing internal willpower during times of personal crisis. We all experience periods of gloom, fear, and uncertainty.

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Piero Ferrucci
2015
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Never, Ever Give Up | Diana Nyad

In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida—at age 64. Hear her story.

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2013
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Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong.

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Brené Brown
2025
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How to Reach Your Goals | Angela Duckworth

Who succeeds in life? In this talk, Angela Duckworth presents her influential work on grit-the tendency to pursue long-term goals with perseverance and passion. She describes the predictive power of grit for performance in a variety of fascinating contexts.

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Angela Duckworth
2018
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Goals! How to Get Everything You Want—Faster than You Ever Thought Possible

The path from frustration to fulfillment has already been discovered. Hundreds of thousands—even millions—of people started with nothing and achieved great success.

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Brian Tracy
2010
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