It is reasonable to
suppose that once that you have struck gold, the neighboring lots might be
valuable as well. Same thing happens with authors: once you have found a great
book from one, it is not too far off to think that he or she might have others.
Having greatly enjoyed Thinking As a Science by Henry Hazlitt I came across his
bibliography on Wikipedia and discovered that he had a book on willpower as
well. I immediately went on to acquire it and it also is great stuff.
As with Thinking,
Hazlitt goes with great care dissecting the subject and making it accessible to
the reader. This book, having been written in the early 20th century lacks all
of the recent scientific developments of which The Willpower Instinct (the other
great book on willpower I've read) bases itself on. Notwithstanding, Hazlitt builds his program on the philosophy
and psychology from his time and ends with commendable results. The founding
stone for his method, and a very controversial one at first, is the negation of
the existence of the will. Allowing that, he builds on it by adding the costs of exercising willpower and the way
of habit formation. This trio allows him to offer methods and recommendations
that if, are unexplored by The Willpower Instinct, are no less powerful.
Once more, as in
Thinking, one is very well rewarded by taking notes.
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