Willpower

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Science, Life Sciences

4.3 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2013

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Temptation is all around us and as humans we only have so much willpower in the tank to fight it. In this episode, Robert and Julie discuss the science behind willpower, how we deplete this exhaustible resource and what you can do to boost your resolve.

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0:00.0	This is the story of a man who's fascinated me.
0:03.5	His name was Sweet Daddy Grace, and that's a name you don't forget.
0:08.0	He was a visionary who built a fortune as a black man during Jim Crow, during the Depression.
0:15.0	But today, not many people know about him.
0:18.0	He raised, sort of wiped out, and I wonder if this was done intentionally.
0:23.0	Listen to Sweet Daddy Grace on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Hi, I'm Frida.
0:32.0	And I'm Arthi.
0:33.0	We have spent the last 20 years building and working at some of the largest companies in the world.
0:38.0	We work with some remarkable people, Rob McAllini.
0:41.0	When I see the people of Rexson, I grew up exactly like them.
0:44.0	Check out the Arthi and Frida show.
0:46.0	That is AARTHI and SRIRAMSHOW.
0:53.0	Listen to the Arthi and Frida show on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.0	I'm Carol Fisher, and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girl Friends.
1:05.0	It's Las Vegas, it's the 1990s, and it is time to find a husband.
1:10.0	There were four Jewish doctors who were felt to be eligible bachelors.
1:15.0	One of them was Bob Baramatt.
1:18.0	On paper, he was perfect, but in reality...
1:22.0	This guy is a wacko.
1:24.0	He choked into the point she went unconscious.
1:27.0	I would call him, and I would say, I know you killed my sister.
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