Top 10 ways to build your willpower (and why you should care!)

[@TeddyPalcer]

Building my willpower has become my number one focus in my life. Thanks to this video, it helps narrow down the focus. I plan on buying The Willpower Instinct book, but this helps until then. Thank you!

[@HeroicBrian]

+TeddyPalcer AWESOME!! More on willpower here you may enjoy: brianjohnson.me/philosophersnotes-tag/willpower/ Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@DebtCollectionSoft]

Brian, would you please post that piece of paper with those writing as a pdf and give us a link to download so we can put it on the wall. that would be very helpful. i have been doing research on self-control and willpower , you nailed it on the head. thank you so much

[@kimonowitheyes3825]

I'm a real process person and like seeing the actions that need to be taken to enable a person to reach a goal. My journey of self development feels, at times, overwhelming emotionally however your vid was both inspiring and pragmatic . I was faltering today but now feel ready to step up again. Thank you.

[@HeroicBrian]

Right on. Thrilled you're enjoying them and thanks for sharing!

[@Cruff17]

Truly awesome! Please do NOT stop these videos! They are helping me so much. Thanks

[@frankakiDM]

WoW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH .YOU CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE ! I FEEL SO MUCH MORE USEFUL.THANK YOU AGAIN

[@iworkforme]

Very practical, important and helpful. Even though this man places videos up for free they are of great value. I would like to suggest we Say thank you for this act of love. Don't take it for granted, there is effort required and the presentation provides such clarity. And if we are nice he may continue to make these brilliant little videos.

[@fudgecookie1222]

Thanks for giving up your morning to do these videos Brian - love them!!

[@AsmodeusClips]

I especially love the points that require you to use will power (which you don't have) in order to get the will power...

[@ExclusiveLM]

One of the BEST things on EARTH to slow you down and calm you down for more will power is eating curry powder in your food. Add to food while cooking it !!

[@boris9047]

+AsmodeusClips You use your muscles to gain more muscles. It's the same principle, start small and work your way up.

[@oceanexplorerspirit]

Thank you for putting these things we all "know" in front of us- and in combination with one another in just the right way- to illustrate the formula for :) We all know how to achieve happiness, but we fall asleep to this knowing very easily when out of balance. Thanks for waking me up today! Many appreciations!!!!

[@TerryGascay]

Awesome video. Your best, (cause it so relates to me). Meditation, & Breathing & Pre-commitments Top 3 that I regularly practice. Hint for the breating, inhale 4sec; hold 5sec; exhale 6sec; =15secs,=4 per min. Inhale thru nose, Exhale thru mouth. EXCELLENT stress reliever

[@Ramesh-wi4kb]

THIS VIDEO GAVE 4 ITEMS ON MY LIST OF 2016 GOALS. THANKS.

[@UshaMohanKMC]

Love, love, love your videos Brian... They're awesome 👍👍👍

[@Arleah2821]

Interesting comments on meditation and benefits to building Willpower! I recently began meditating about three weeks ago and really enjoying it, good to hear Im on the right track :)

[@HeroicBrian]

Ross Crombie Fantastic! You might like this on meditation as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHPFYaxreNBraZo

[@manalishah07]

Thank you so much, my first video to build willpower and I feel this covers all the topic, I am going to apply and see how it works on me.

[@HeroicBrian]

Manu Awesome, Manu! :)

[@xfactor5326]

I luv u manu

[@jessercurtis]

I super super love your videos! I’ve begun my daily yoga and I’m never going to quit now that I know how to make a keystone habit last!! Thank you so much!!!!

[@HeroicBrian]

That is awesome! Thanks for the note! Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@johannesthink6547]

This is great! Thank you.

[@tdgalappaththi]

Your notes are very good. Please do a video on effective note taking and the guidelines that you follow. Cheers!

[@LeelaNeelaTV]

That was a lovely video thanks for sharing!

[@Oldhippiechickadventures]

Life changing information, Brian. Thank you

[@edwardoflynn4892]

Thanks for this video Brian a lot of value in here, I wish you the best of luck with your future videos

[@kebec1]

Boy, do I need this! The funny thing is I've known about a lot of this for years, but haven't put it into practice. Thanks!

[@AllanGildea]

Top class - thank you for enriching us all in this way! Best wishes to you and yours.

[@SunnieSmile]

Thanks! Very informative...

[@devnul7674]

Great retrospective to infographics! Respect!

[@rawfood18]

Brian, this is amazing, thanks for your work and videos, darren.

[@Pikoro09]

This is probably your best vid... amazing! This should be taught in schools... great value

[@Abidali1976]

Good video on will power and self development. I've subscribed too. Thanks Brian.

[@HeroicBrian]

Thanks, Matthew! :)

[@paulacarocci7224]

Love all the research you put into this. Thank u for mentioning the authors so clearly so we can deepen our knowledge. : )

[@lindinolte]

Thanks Brian!

[@ispinola]

Thanks for creating this! Super helpful stuff, cheers.

[@HeroicBrian]

+Iolando Spinola Awesome and thanks!! Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@somegamer1879]

Thanks for these videos. I just started watching maybe 5 vids ago. I used to really enjoy this stuff so it's great to have some one condense tons of information into to several main points. I'll go over them more in the future when I have time because I see the value in some of these tricks.

[@mattsmith7570]

Love it, Bri!

[@boris9047]

Thank you, very good video! In some other videos I've seen people mention one more thing, sleep. The importance of a good nights sleep to boost your willpower.

[@HeroicBrian]

+Boris Babic HUGE! Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@boris9047]

***** I think it should be among the top 10. I mean, some people press themselves really hard during the day and exercise their willpower but neglect the importance of a good nights sleep, and then they wonder why they don't have as strong willpower as before. Yeas, I used to be one of those people. ;-)

[@HeroicBrian]

+Boris Babic Agreed!

[@roanfateh]

Thank you very much. Much Love for you.

[@HeroicBrian]

Roanito Neves Thanks and love right back, Roanito! :)

[@stevenmanwaring8943]

Great video! (You got a new sub from me.) You got some gnarly hand writing man, love it.

[@luismora1676]

Thank you SO MUCH.

[@1Lepera]

Maaaan, great stuff! Thanks for taking your time to wrap it up and share it with us! Watching those types of videos reinforce my faith in the human race hehe cheers have a good day!

[@ExclusiveLM]

Hey Brian...... just for the record..... my girlfriend calls "magic sauce" something else. I would elaborate, but the FCC would shut down my comment. -- Anchorman Ron B.

[@HeroicBrian]

ExclusiveLM Hey now! I had my wife convinced for the briefest of time that San Diego did, in fact, not mean Saint Diego if you know what I mean! Hah.

[@FahadAyoub]

May your heart be your guiding key

[@cozdakidiz0893]

Thanks mate! You just got a subscriber.

[@zachsaxton3198]

thank you so much for the vid i feel so much more motivated

[@HeroicBrian]

+Zachary Saxton :) Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@svaroghtegreat]

Great ! Thank you so much!

[@HeroicBrian]

svarogthegreat :)

[@Ukeloverdarsh]

Your videos are awesome !! true inspiration bro :)

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@harrypearle9781]

What about focusing on helping OTHERS more? I think the more we work to help others, the more motivation we get... H

[@Minnah223]

excellent video, thank you

[@nnov1nn]

you could maybe try to get a tripod to prevent the camera from shaking, other than that, great vid!

[@HeroicBrian]

Awesome!! :)

[@loszhor]

Very useful, thank you!

[@kid9081]

Yes! thank you!

[@HeroicBrian]

+Jakob Adair (Cleverman99) My pleasure! :) Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@mdb0890]

great advice i need to try this stuff out

[@drjtk76]

Brian, love the video. You are very passionate about your subject. Would you please define for me just what "willpower" is? Thanks, Joe

[@HeroicBrian]

@114511979445121709993 Thanks, Joe! And great question. My definition would be the ability to get yourself to do what you want to do when you want to do it. Here are some more Notes on willpower you might enjoy: brianjohnson.me/philosophersnotes-tag/willpower/ Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@drjtk76]

Awesome! Thanks!!!

[@polombo1]

Nice video. I really appreciate what u are doing, I am gonna start soon to make my own conclussions on the great books I ve been reading. By the way, "The Willpower Instinct by Kelly made a huge impact on me...Simple,straight forward,great. It helped me a lot.

[@vijayvaranasi10]

excellent. thanks

[@thebadasserygod9609]

great vid,bro

[@bayesianlee6447]

Thank u soo much!

[@gururajsr6650]

Thank u so much sir

[@2014andon]

Thank you, very interesting information

[@Tha3l]

one thing i am kind of confused/unsure about is the part about glucose. i have read that glucose increases the amount of free radicals in the brain, which hurt the cells. and thinking that people who do fasting do not seem to have the "hunger-problem" (i fasted for three days myself and have to admit this is true) i am not quite sure if glucose is really that important but i'll read more into that, maybe i find something i did not know yet

[@JosephDanielsOG]

the brain runs on glucose. give it what it needs.

[@DrSRanjanMBBSAcupuncturist]

The more things you DO, the MORE you can do.

[@TheLantern009]

I wonder where to get the link to the exercise Sensei Brian discussed on number 4. There are about 300+ video here

[@Dracon-International]

Excellent

[@ovi515]

thank you thank you thank you

[@rohitkhanna88]

Loved it

[@damianluxfero8142]

thaks pal

[@morficity]

Subscribed x

[@rachelmcadamslover]

The only problem with this and any video on self discipline aka will power is that it sounds like a paradox. I need willpower in order to accomplish all things mentioned in this video and that's what I don't have.

[@sahilchaudhary8279]

dude..... in one word THANX!!!

[@HeroicBrian]

sahil chaudhary Big smile and thanks for your note, Sahil! :)

[@kentchenseo]

Brian I'm stealing your notes!

[@krige]

What's the difference between a pre-commitment and a bright line?

[@boris9047]

+krige As I understand it, the bright line is just a clarification of the pre-commitment, a very clear and straight forward way to express what you are going to do, for example "doing the dishes before watching tv", simple and clear. It's a pre-commitment, presented in a clear och simple way (bright line).

[@waltbayless7709]

Fantastic video, Brian!

[@HeroicBrian]

Walt Bayless Thanks, Walt!

[@AngelXMachina]

Surface level advice leaning into 'science' not confronting the chaos of life

[@NovaRecon1]

Hey Brian ive heard people say that willpower is a limited resource is this true can you explain?

[@gurjitsingh1914]

Good..Job..

[@2pbig]

This is a really great video, I know it doesn't mean anything from a faceless name on the internet, but thanks a lot!

[@HeroicBrian]

Yay!! :)

[@BlackSabotage100]

I have the will to power.

[@HeroicBrian]

hehe Awesome! :)

[@TheLantern009]

Can you please expanciate No 4 ( One touch things exerciese)

[@ibarrettall]

what is the "King of All Virtues" then?

[@ibarrettall]

humility..?

[@tomaszguta]

Lovely ;)

[@Lbermudez12]

Fml i tried to watch the complete video but my will power is really weak

[@HeroicBrian]

Try deep breathing and a little glucose boost. lol. :) Optimize is now free! Sign up/tell your friends! www.optimize.me

[@Kaskets3D]

wait a minute...what if i don't have the will power to increase my will power with this?

[@Sk8regular]

You searched for this kind of video...so that means you got will power,started small like everyone else...good luck !!

[@liamthehomie3513]

John Kaskets ooop

[@mikemarquez2663]

Work on a gradient scale. Baby steps example, meditation for 1 min., meditation for 2 min. Just like lifting weights

[@kellymarieusa1]

What is the king of all virtues?

[@TerryGascay]

Gratitude and Humility

[@jaimeshang]

Terry Gascay... wrong!! It is will Power..

[@Flickchaser]

Kelly AbuAmreh: A penetrating question. Ans. SELF Discipline. Alexander the Great who had conquered most of the known world asked one of his generals after a battle, " Where do I find the wisest men of all" ? the general replied.."it is said that holy men who live in a Himalayan cave in India can answer any question". After the journey and arriving with all his generals and entourage at the cave, Alexander found the holy men sitting in the attitude of prayer with their eyes closed. After some time one of the holy men opened his eyes, Alexander said " I am Alexander the Great, I have conquered the known world..what is left..what can I do now"? The Holy man replied "Sit down on that rock over there and conquer yourself now" That is the challenge to self.. Willpower is vital but willpower can be used wrongly as is evidenced by many dictators have used willpower amiss. With discipline willpower can be controlled. Also emotions will either be in subjection or they will rule and dominate. With self discipline in the mental arena men can overrule and control or quench anger. They can attain an inner peace and within that oasis of peace reason correctly. They can also if needed find and develop skill in war or combat. At any give moment what (emotion,virtue or motivation) that gets the job done in an honorable way could be used to attain victory for others and self. This brings us to honor and having a center of reference to base ones conduct on. A no compromise lifestyle with God and His word as the center of his/her decisions works for those who apply it. There are many facets that make up this thing we call "life". At any moment a culture is changing. What is "OK" to modern society is not necessarily honest or honorable by a set of standards years ago. Without self discipline and some center of reference for accountability the youth wander aimlessly. I remember reading of a successful man. When asked" what advice would have helped you most in your early struggles" he replied.."I wish someone had told me that when you get to the top..there is nothing there" Not a negative comment but tremendous illumination. There will be that emptiness or unrest until we change our focus and control our thoughts.

[@Flickchaser]

Terry Gascay: Tremendous wisdom in your two answers Gratitude and Humility. I would humbly add control of our tongue but I would imagine that Humility would include the discipline to shut up and seek that rare golden nectar, the ancient treasure of treasures..silence.

[@TheTechController]

"this is science so tidy up"

[@DoubleMannings]

exactly go tidy up your desk now and don't question why!

[@rickywonda]

Wow

[@pponcho8245]

I'll subscribe to you if you keep posting videos like this

[@justasand]

you've got a bad FONT man! :)

[@PinkertonOutdoors]

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[@mrgrehan9981]

too much woowoo broski

[@HeroicBrian]

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[@paulharris8551]

Sloppy. What kind of meditation? Any old kind? How do I control glucose? What is the target? What are the exercises? A good video but it could have been a lot clearer.

[@SamTheSubSaharan]

the only surest way for better life is........ JESUS!!!!!

[@manifestobrown7139]

i hate his pen..

[@mmcdonald043]

a bunch of the bull for those in the bullpit...