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- 1. willpower & self-control. Knowledge Share Presentation by Paul C. Brunson
- 2. Welcome to Knowledge Share Weekly masterclass of the skills you need to succeed in business and life. Every other week, we focus on a new skill. The skill is taught through an easy to digest 15-minute summary in audio and text of key lessons from three books, access to a LIVE skills workshop, and participation in a private learning community. Knowledge Share proudly uses the one-for- one model. For each member, we provide a first home library of 10-20 books in addition to other support for the 1 billion children in the world without books in their homes. Our mission is to LEVEL UP as a community, through knowledge sharing. More at paulcbrunson.com Paul C. Brunson Founder, Knowledge Share
- 3. Featured Books in this Masterclass
- 4. 6 Most Important Lessons Learned about Willpower & Self-Control
- 5. 1 2 3 Lesson 2: Managing self-control requires an understanding of how habits are formed. Lesson 3: Self-control without self-awareness and ego are useless. Lesson 1: Self-control requires attention and effort.
- 6. 4 5 6 Lesson 5 Good keystone habits are critical in mastering self-control. Lesson 4 You must continually increase attention and effort. Lesson 6 Self-control is like a muscle and must be constantly trained or tricked.
- 7. Self-control requires attention and effort. There are two major areas of your brain. System 1 is the part of the brain that works automatically to create intuitions, feelings, impressions, and inclinations. It acts independently of our conscious choice; it is beyond our control. System 2 is the part responsible for rational and analytical thinking and judgment. It can save us. It can rein in the excesses and errors of System 1. System 1 is thinking fast, while System 2 is thinking slow. 01.
- 8. System 1 vs System 2 The Difference System 1 Tells You: System 2 Tells You: Reply to the bosss email with an F*@#! YOU!!!! + letter of resignation. Slow down self. You have bills and responsibilities. You cant abruptly walk out of this job, no matter if the boss is truly crazy (which he is).
- 9. Using System 2 boosts every area of our life System 1 can only be considered reliable in stable and predictable situations. System 2 and the self-control it makes possible is critical. Acting on your rational thoughts opposed to simply your intuition means youre using System 2. Without an active System 2, your success is entirely a matter of chance or luck.
- 10. Managing self-control requires an understanding of how habits are formed. A habit has three parts: a cue, routine, and reward. If you have a habit you want to eliminate, 鍖gure out what reward you are seeking and 鍖nd another, non- destructive routine that will give it to you. If you can diagnose the habit, you can control your behavior. 02.
- 11. Febreze Study How a women with 9 cats changed the course of a product P&G discovered many people who most needed Febreze could no longer smell the unpleasant odors that surrounded them. The company changed the cue that would trigger the habit of using Febreze from wanting to cover up specific bad smells to simply wanting to finish a recently cleaned room with a generally fresh scent. This change in tactic based on understanding a habit, transformed Febreze from a failing product into an incredibly successful one.
- 12. Components of a habit Cue: Triggers the brain that it is time for the routine. Routine: Can be physical, mental, or emotional. Is the automatic response to Cue. Reward: Tells your brain you like the routine and therefore want to do it again.
- 15. If you can diagnose the habit, you can control your behavior
- 16. Self-control without self-awareness and ego are useless. Without self-awareness, we dont know what it is that we need our willpower to achieve. In combination with self-awareness, having an ego is key. Ego-depletion has terribly damaging effects, including death. 03.
- 17. 4 Fundamental Questions of Self-Awareness Who are you? Where are you now? Where are you going? Why?
- 18. Ego Depletion & How To Prevent It A Lesson From Steve Jobs
- 19. You must continually increase attention and effort. Without focus, your decision is less likely to be the best one. To gain focus you must call your System 2BUT at the right time. If having a problem focusing, recognize the signs you are in a cognitive mine鍖eld. 04.
- 20. How to focus System 2 is the part that helps you rationally think about a situation. Focusing frequently and consistently depletes your mental energy at 鍖rst (ego- depletion), but as you become more practiced you will 鍖nd its demand for energy diminished. I apply this rule by talking to myself whenever Im in a situation when Im not logically thinking out a problem Keeping your glucose levels stable will also help keep your System 2 alert and agile.
- 21. Impact of Low Glucose Levels
- 22. Good keystone habits are critical in mastering self-control. Keystone habits have a positive effect on your self-discipline and many other areas of your life. People often have one bad keystone habit that if they extinguish, will make it much easier to eradicate other negative habits. Negative keystone habits tend to support bad habits and routines, while positive ones tend to support good ones. 05.
- 23. A Keystone Habit Small wins create structures that support other habits. To extinguish a bad keystone habit, carefully think about what cravings and cues are driving it, and look for an alternative routine. For example, if you check email when you feel anxious about work, change your routine to meditating for 鍖ve minutes instead.
- 24. Self-control is like a muscle and must be constantly trained or tricked. Willpower and self-control become progressively stronger through continued use. An important part of training that muscle is understanding the power of routine. There are tricks you can play on yourself to make using willpower easier, especially at the beginning. 06.
- 25. How to train your willpower and self-control muscle Create positive routines in your life. Positive and productive routines benefit your life. Always keep your surroundings organized and tidy. Use subtle tricks such as changing how you thinks about a problem. A powerful trick is to tell yourself later rather than never when you want to give into some sort of temptation that you want to avoid (an example would be a delicious slice of cake when youre trying to lose weight). It has been found that its much easier for people to exert self-control if they think theyll be rewarded with what they really want later. Bright lines will also help to boost your self-control. Bright lines are rules that you simply never break. Having this sense of boundary and limitation will make it easier for you to create positive habits even when you are experiencing ego-depletion. Believe in a higher power, entity, or cause greater than yourself. This has been shown to help people improve their willpower and self-discipline. You dont need to be or become religious to do this. Simply dedicating yourself to a cause can do the trick.
- 26. 6 Most Important Lessons Learned about Willpower & Self-Control
- 27. 1 2 3 Lesson 2: Managing self-control requires an understanding of how habits are formed. Lesson 3: Self-control without self-awareness and ego are useless. Lesson 1: Self-control requires attention and effort.
- 28. 4 5 6 Lesson 5 Good keystone habits are critical in mastering self-control. Lesson 4 You must continually increase attention and effort. Lesson 6 Self-control is like a muscle and must be constantly trained or tricked.
- 29. Featured Books in this Masterclass
- 30. Willpower & Self-Control are foundational skills. Once you have developed these skills, you are in a stronger position to develop and master others.