The Willpower Instinct
Willpower as a physiological capacity with limits, where self-criticism makes it worse rather than better.
Kelly McGonigal treats willpower as a physiological capacity with measurable limits rather than a character trait, drawing on the Stanford course she taught. The findings are counterintuitive: self-criticism reduces self-control, stress erodes it, and the belief that you have run out of it is itself a cause of running out.
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Derek Sivers
Amazing book about willpower from Stanford psychology professor who teaches just this. Killer first point: The best way to improve your self-control is to see how and why you lose control.
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