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FindCenterThe biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress.

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FindCenterThe simple act of staying still is part of what makes meditation willpower training effective. You’re learning not to automatically follow every single impulse that your brain and body produce.

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FindCenterThe development of willpower—I will, I won’t, and I want—may define what it means to be human.

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FindCenterYou need to recognize when you’re making a choice that requires willpower; otherwise, the brain always defaults to what is easiest.

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FindCenterWhile we all have the capacity to do harder things, we also have the desire to do exactly the opposite.

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FindCenterIf the only thing motivating your self-control is the desire to be a good enough person, you’re going to give in whenever you’re already feeling good about yourself.

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FindCenterIn the quest for self control, the usual weapons we wield against ourselves—guilt, stress, and shame—don’t work. People who have the greatest self-control aren’t waging self-war. They have learned to accept and integrate these competing selves.

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