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Any Good books that discusses the mechanics of willpower and self control? I've been trying to fix myself together lately by studying more but I keep getting tired every time I study too much.

>> No.16284052
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16284052

there was an improover chart with solid self-help books, maybe someone else can repost it.

>> No.16284367

who would win a bodybuilding contest:oliva or julius?
oliva has more aesthetic proportions but in terms of mass monster and level of muscle control julius wins

>> No.16284376

>>16284052
I'm unironically an improoover and I love it.

>>16283868
Habits and spirit friend. Go learn about those and you'll understand the mechanisms of self control. Its very important you study ontology

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>>16284376
have a improover reaction image,fellow improover

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16284457

ok, found it.
atomic habits would be a good start

>> No.16284772

>>16284457
thank you improover anon

>> No.16284793

>>16284457
There are all trash. Study metaphysics instead

>> No.16284834

>>16283868
>too much
Take a break and continue after
You don't go from sitting on your ass to running a marathon and blame yourself when you fail, unless you're a complete retard

>> No.16284843

>>16284457
>nofap and bestseller self-help fodder

>> No.16284849

>>16284457
Self Help books are fucking trash, and I'm not saying this as a deterministic/defeatist cuck

>> No.16284864

>>16284793
its applied metaphysics

The more you repeat a behavior, the more you reinforce the identity associated with that behavior. In fact, the word identity was originally derived from the Latin words essentitas, which means being, and identidem, which means repeatedly. Your identity is literally your “repeated beingness.”
t. james clear
this is already more useful than anything heidegger ever wrote

>We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
t. Aristotle

>> No.16284880

>>16284864
Good response anon. I know when I've been btfo'd. Habits are extremely underrated, but one must never forget the spirit aswell

>> No.16285750

Not a book but still insightful:

https://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/works/1931/self-control.htm

>> No.16285768

>>16283868
Nietzsche, The Gay Science
>inb4 lol gay science
Get the second edition with the additional chapter, not the first one

>> No.16285773

>>16284052

Why is this literally me

>> No.16286005

>>16283868
Bump