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My dog has no willpower. Neither do I.

Willpower, where does it come from? Is it just a question of wanting something enough? In some ways it is but it is far from being that simple. Motivation comes not only from wanting something but also from how easy it is to attain it. In other words, we are more likely to do something [...]

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Take something to eat if you’re hungry

    I weigh a little over two hundred pounds. Not a healthy weight for a guy just under 5’7″ (170 cms) but still much better than what I carried around a few years ago. But if you’ve ever been around my mother at a dinner table you’d realize it’s a miracle I don’t weigh [...]

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