This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1567.

Willpower doesn't work.

Here's how to actually change your life by Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com.

And I'm Justin Mollock, the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts, essays, sometimes stories,

every day including holidays for over four years.

I'll keep this intro nice and short, so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.

Willpower doesn't work.

Here's how to actually change your life.

By Benjamin Hardy of Benjamin Hardy.com.

Quote, many people think that what the attic needs is willpower, but nothing could be

further from the truth.

Arnold M. Washington, PhD.

If you want to make any permanent change in your life, willpower won't get you there.

Whether you want to get healthier, stop using social media so much, improve your relationships,

be happier, write a book, or start a business, willpower won't help you with any of these things.

Personal progress and achieving success are best approach like your overcoming addiction,

because quite literally that's what you're doing.

As human beings, we all have addictions.

My openly admit being addicted to social media, my current belief system, my comfort zone,

and my excuses.

I'm also addicted to a lot of other behaviors that contradict my goals.

We are all addicted, and the cognitive dissonance is numbing.

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