How to Increase Your Willpower & Tenacity

In this episode, I discuss neuroscience and psychology studies that
address the basis of willpower and tenacity, how they differ from
motivation and how we can all increase our levels of willpower and
tenacity. I discuss whether willpower is a limited resource, the
controversial “ego depletion” theory of willpower and the role that
beliefs play in determining our tenacity and willpower. Then, I
discuss the neural basis of willpower in the brain and body and how
tenacity and willpower relate to sleep, stress, focus, and possibly
lifespan. Then, I provide a series of science-supported tools and
protocols to increase your level of tenacity and willpower. For
show notes, including referenced articles and additional resources,
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& Willpower (00:01:36) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up
(00:03:49) Tenacity & Willpower vs. Habit Execution; Apathy,
Depression & Motivation  (00:10:40) Ego Depletion &
Willpower as a Limited Resource; Controversy  (00:19:14) Tool:
Autonomic Function, Tenacity & Willpower; Sleep &
Stress  (00:28:31) Sponsor: AG1 (00:28:58) Willpower as a
Limited Resource (Theory) (00:35:36) Willpower & Glucose, Brain
Energetics (00:42:44) Beliefs about Willpower & Glucose;
Multiple Challenges (00:54:01) Willpower Brain ‘Hub’; Anorexia
Nervosa, Super-Agers (01:07:15) Anterior Midcingulate Cortex &
Brain/Body Communication  (01:14:54) Allostasis, Anterior
Midcingulate Cortex Function (01:25:19) Anterior Mid-Cingulate
Cortex (aMCC), Difficult Tasks & Neuroplasticity (01:29:30)
Tool: Novel Physical Exercise & Brain; Cognitive Exercise
(01:43:43) Tool: “Micro-sucks”, Increase Tenacity/Willpower
(01:50:58) Impossible Tasks, Super-Agers & Learning, Will to
Live (01:57:23) Tool: Rewards & Improving Tenacity/Willpower
(02:01:07) Tenacity & Willpower Recap (02:05:55) Zero-Cost
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