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Willpower Author: Roy F Baumeister

ISBN: 9780143122234 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 291 Published: 28 August 2012 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 14.0 x 2.9 Description:

In Willpower, 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. Drawing on cutting-edge research and the wisdom of real-life experts, Willpower shares lessons for how to focus our strength and redirect our lives.

In what became one of the most cited papers in social science literature, Baumeister discovered that willpower in fact has a physical basis and operates like a muscle: it can be strengthened with practice and fatigued by overuse. Willpower is fueled by glucose, and it can be bolstered simply by replenishing the brain's store of fuel. That's why eating and sleeping-and especially failing to do either of those-have such dramatic effects on self-control (and why dieters have such a hard time resisting...

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