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Willpower Doesn't Work

By: Benjamin Hardy
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We rely on willpower to create change in our lives...but what if we're thinking about it all wrong? In Willpower Doesn't Work, Benjamin Hardy explains that willpower is nothing more than a dangerous fad—one that is bound to lead to failure. Instead of "white-knuckling" your way to change, you need to instead alter your surroundings to support your goals. This book shows you how.

The world around us is fast-paced, confusing, and full of distractions. It's easy to lose focus on what you want to achieve, and your willpower won't last long if your environment is in conflict with your goals—eventually the environment will win out. Willpower Doesn't Work is the needed guide for today's overstimulating and addicting environment. Willpower Doesn't Work will specifically teach you:

  • How to make the biggest decisions of your life—and why those decisions must be made in specific settings
  • How to create a daily "sacred" environment to live your life with intention and not get sucked into the cultural addictions
  • How to invest big in yourself to upgrade your environment and mind-set
  • How to put "forcing functions" in your life—so your default behaviors are precisely what you want them to be
  • How to quickly put yourself in proximity to the most successful people in the world—and how to adapt their knowledge and skills to yourself even quicker
  • How to create an environment where endless creativity and boundless productivity is the norm

Benjamin Hardy will show you that nurture is far more powerful than your nature and teach you how to create and control your environment so your environment will not create and control you.

©2018 Benjamin Hardy (P)2018 Hachette Audio
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"If you want to get more done, don't worry about willpower—focus on motivation. Challenging the dominant view of self-control as a muscle. Benjamin Hardy reveals that productivity is really about clarity and commitment."—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take

"Benjamin Hardy is one of the leading voices on well-being and productivity. Willpower Doesn't Work is an insightful guide to help us thrive in today's world."—Arianna Huffington

"Change your environment, change your life. Ben Hardy's book is a prescription for excellence and contains the hidden keys to success."—Ryan Holiday, bestselling author of The Obstacle Is the Way

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Good read

Hardy does a great job in bringing the reader’s attention to the right questions. Recommended for those in need of new perspectives!

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So many lessons about life!!

Excellent book on what makes us human and how to get out of our own way! I found the book inspiring and it moved me to action. Well done!!

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outstanding!

This book provides a road map to living life to its full potential. it is simple and yet deep, easy to understand and yet complex. A must read if you are looking for broader horizons!

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Do yourself a favor and get this book

You won't be disappointed! While it is closely-related to a motivational type book, this one made much more of an impact on me than most. I did something I've never done, I listened to it all the way through twice before even moving on to the next book. I'll be listening again as well. Get it, you won't be disappointed!

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Wow! Excellent analysis on environmental psychology

Your book is among the many who have researched this field and contributed to its development. I value your struggle to achieve such greatness. You have been an inspiration to me for quite some time!

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Best self help because it gets to environment and

Best self help because it gets to environment and how much a role it plays. This has been a lingering thought for me and now have a playbook / suggestions/ stories for progressing towards better habits and environment to reach my goals

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Really great paradigm-shattering advice.

Can't say it was the best audio performance. This author is not a voice over artist, but the information is so well thought out and rings so true that it doesn't even matter. This is something I think a lot of us intuitively have a whiff of, but without that intellectual validation and coherence, it's harder to realize the importance of shaping our environment to achieve fulfillment.

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A different view of willpower.

Found a lot of validating information. Loved the aspect of environment as a factor to change. Huge and in retrospect true in my own journey.

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Good!

I was hesitant to buy this because of a couple of the reviews but I'm glad that I got it. This is a wonderful and helpfull book with a lot of great insights. Hopefully you get as much out of it as I did.

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Engaging and chock-full of tips!

I loved this book! I appreciate the summaries the end of each chapter and the author's transparency of his own journey. I will read it again with the hard cover to take notes and more in depth application.

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