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Why a Stoic Doesn’t Care What People Think

2021

It’s easy to follow the crowd, to focus on what everyone else is focused on, but can you follow your own judgement? Taking risks and learning from failure is the surest way to grow. In this video, Ryan Holiday talks about why you should bet on yourself and listen to your inner voice.

10:38 min

No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline

Most people think success comes from good luck or enormous talent, but many successful people achieve their accomplishments in a simpler way: through self-discipline.

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Brian Tracy
2011
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This Year I Will . . . How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True

Every so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, get organized, start saving, or stop worrying—but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn’t have to be that way. In This Year I Will . . . , bestselling author M.J.

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M. J. Ryan
2006
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How to Win with Willpower: 75 Strategies to Increase Self-Discipline, Motivation, and Success

Willpower, for most, is a refined skill set needed to succeed in life. How to Win with Willpower provides a roadmap to managing this inner strength.

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Aliya Levinson
2020
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Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, and Self-Discipline

Practical tactics to grow your willpower, stop procrastination, focus like a laser, and achieve whatever you set your mind to. Following through and finishing what you start—more valuable skills than you realize.

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Peter Hollins
2018
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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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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength

Pioneering research psychologist Roy F. Baumeister collaborates with New York Times science writer John Tierney to revolutionize our understanding of the most coveted human virtue: self-control.

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Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney
2012
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The Science of Willpower

Contrary to popular belief, willpower is not an innate trait that you're either born with or without. Rather it's a complex mind-body response that can be compromised by stress, sleep deprivation and nutrition and that can be strengthened through certain practices.

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Lia Steakley
2011
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If Self-Discipline Feels Difficult, Then You’re Doing It Wrong

Many equate self-discipline with living a good, moral life, which ends up creating a lot of shame when we fail. There’s a better way to build lasting, solid self-discipline in your life.

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Mark Manson
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The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters.

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Kelly McGonigal
2013
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The Discourses of Epictetus: The Handbook, Fragments

The stress on endurance, self-restraint, and power of the will to withstand calamity can often seem coldhearted. It is Epictetus, a lame former slave exiled by Emperor Domitian, who offers by far the most precise and humane version of Stoic ideals.

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Epictetus
1995
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