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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.

Read on becomingbetter.org

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Resolve to do the things you find to be difficult. That’s what confident people do. They tackle those things that are scary and they get addicted to doing it.

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Chalene Johnson
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The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

In the more than twenty-five years since its publication, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has become an international phenomenon with more than twenty-five million copies sold.

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Stephen Covey
2005
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (30th Anniversary Edition)

The 7 Habits have become famous and are integrated into everyday thinking by millions and millions of people. Why? Because they work! With Sean Covey’s added takeaways on how the habits can be used in our modern age, the wisdom of the 7 Habits will be refreshed for a new generation of leaders.

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Stephen Covey, Jim Collins (foreword)
2020
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How to Stay Motivated and Master Your Willpower

This video explores how you can stay motivated and on track long after the initial excitement of improvement has passed. It covers a few surprising ways to better manage your own willpower so that you stick to your resolutions and become the person you want to be.

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2016
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Mastering Self-Control | Stoic Exercises for Inner Peace

The Stoics bring forth the theme of self-control on a regular basis. Epictetus, for example, spoke about abstaining from talking about vulgar things, and Marcus Aurelius points out that we should set limits to comfort and consumption.

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2019
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09:23

Living an Examined Life, by James Hollis, Ph.D.

The first decades of our life are mostly spent in making adaptations to the world and its demands upon us. The central project of mid-life and beyond is the recovery of a deeper sense of identity, rediscovery of purpose, and the development of a more mature sensibility.

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James Hollis
2019
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17:04

Learn How to Control Your Mind (Use This to Brainwash Yourself)

People say to me Well I can’t predict my future. I'm in the unknown. I always say to them: The best way to predict your future is to create it. Not from the known, but from the unknown.

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Joe Dispenza
2018
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Being in Balance: 9 Principles for Creating Habits to Match Your Desires

Imagine a balance scale with one end weighted down to the ground, and the other end—featuring the objects of your desires— up in the air. This scale is a measurement of your thoughts.

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Wayne W. Dyer
2016
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The Desire Map: A Guide to Creating Goals with Soul

Your bucket list. Quarterly objectives. Strategic plans. Big dreams. Goals. Lots of goals and plans to achieve those goals―no matter what. Except . . . You're not chasing the goal itself, you're actually chasing the feeling that you hope achieving that goal will give you.

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Danielle LaPorte
2014
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Self-Control