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Fundamental laws of willpower
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Willpower is a muscle – Build it overtime
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Willpower is finite – It gets depleted
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We Only get 1 bucket of willpower – It comes from the same source
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The 4 kinds of willpower
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When to/When not to use willpower
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Use it to create keystone habits – Success comes from habits nurtured overtime
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Use it to break bad habits
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Do not use it all the time – Use it only when you can make the best use of it
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Strengthening willpower
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Diet
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Sleep
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Willpower workout – Exercise and work on it to improve willpower
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What depletes it?
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Stress
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Using it on small things
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Decision Fatigue – Make decisions as automatic as possible to maximize willpower
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Outsmarting yourself
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Have the right environment – Have the right people around you who will move your life in the right direction
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Pre-commitments
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Proximal not Distal goals – Take a big goal and divide it into small chunks overtime. We are more effective with proximal goals
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Outsourcing Monitoring – Use high-level of thinking to tap into your emotions and exceed in life
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