Hello and welcome to the Karma You podcast. This is your host, Chloe Brotheridge. I'm a coach, a

hypnototherapist, and I'm the author of The Anxiety Solution and Brave New Girl. And this podcast is all

about helping you to become your calmest, happiest and most confident self. Hello and welcome to

the Karma You podcast. I Hello and welcome to the Karmagy podcast.

I get to speak to the authors of The Power of Bad and How to Overcome It This

Week, John Turney and Roy F. Baumeister.

This book is one of the most interesting books I've read in a very long time.

It is completely fascinating and

really combines practical things that we can do in our lives with a lot of fascinating stories

and scientific studies. John is the author of Willpower and he writes the findings Science

column for the New York Times. And Roy is the author of Willpower as well. He's a social

psychologist who explores how we think about the self and why we feel and act the way we do.

He's especially known for his work on the subjects of willpower, self-control and self-esteem

and how they relate to human morality and success. And in this conversation, we discuss what the

power of bad is and how it could be ruling your life. And yes, it is unfortunately ruling most of

our lives, as I discovered. We discussed the rule of four and how essential this is for happy relationships. And actually for lots of different

areas of our lives, I, yeah, you have to wait until you hear about this, but it's very, very

interesting. We talk about why good enough is really enough. And if you're a person who really strives to be the best or

strives to be a perfect parent or partner or employee, this is really going to put your mind

at ease as to why good enough really is enough. And then we talk about the vital practice

for being a more positive person.

I also want to let you know that this week, this week alone, the week of the 1st of February,

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