Willpower Doesn't Work

By: Benjamin Hardy

Narrated by: Benjamin Hardy

Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's Summary

We rely on willpower to create change in our lives...but what if we're thinking about it all wrong? In Willpower Doesn't Work, Benjamin Hardy explains that willpower is nothing more than a dangerous fad - one that is bound to lead to failure. Instead of "white-knuckling" your way to change, you need to instead alter your surroundings to support your goals. This book shows you how.

The world around us is fast-paced, confusing, and full of distractions. It's easy to lose focus on what you want to achieve, and your willpower won't last long if your environment is in conflict with your goals - eventually the environment will win out. Willpower Doesn't Work is the needed guide for today's overstimulating and addicting environment. Willpower Doesn't Work will specifically teach you: 

• How to make the biggest decisions of your life - and why those decisions must be made in specific settings
• How to create a daily "sacred" environment to live your life with intention and not get sucked into the cultural addictions
• How to invest big in yourself to upgrade your environment and mind-set
• How to put "forcing functions" in your life - so your default behaviors are precisely what you want them to be
• How to quickly put yourself in proximity to the most successful people in the world - and how to adapt their knowledge and skills to yourself even quicker
• How to create an environment where endless creativity and boundless productivity is the norm

Benjamin Hardy will show you that nurture is far more powerful than your nature and teach you how to create and control your environment so your environment will not create and control you.

©2018 Benjamin Hardy (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Critic Reviews

"To get things done, we don't need willpower, only the power to begin doing it. Benjamin Hardy explains that mindfulness of context is more important, and that by consciously shaping your context, you have the greatest opportunity for personal growth." (Ellen Langer, international bestselling author of Mindfulness)

"Uncommonly thoughtful: that's what I think of when I read Benjamin Hardy's work. Get this book and you'll better understand how to be who you truly want to be." (Jimmy Soni, editor at the Observer and author of Rome's Last Citizen)

This will become a classic!

Literally one of the best works I’ve read in a long time. So much so this is the first time I’ve left a review for any book. This book puts into words what I have been trying to say for several years now. It was not only validating but gave me that extra boost. It also filled in the cracks of concepts I couldn’t connect.

I will now buy the hard copy as well! It will go everywhere with me. It is the the new companion to “Meditations” in my bag. You won’t be disappointed if you get this book. If for some reason you are, then just read it again because it’s possible you missed it the first time reading ;)

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Practical and inspiring book! Nice work

Great book with a lot of practical and often overlooked opportunities to enhance your chances of success however you define that through improving your environment through intentional design!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Garbage to Cr@p

Typical of a contemporary psychologist to try to remove personal responsibility from unsuccessful endeavors. What the author fails to tell the readers is that it takes willpower to enact, support, and maintain each of his suggestions. This term paper, no doubt, played well to the bully pulpit of esteem-mongering Psych. professors during his pursuit for his PhD, but it holds no water in the reality. This junk should be considered negligence in the professional world. The arrogance of the author's ignorance in the presentation as well as his use of "cool" vernacular solely to sound contemporary and hip added to the reality that it took willpower just to trudge beyond chapter two. Dear Author, go be an artist.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Narrator

The book seemed good, but I couldn’t get over the narrator’s voice. I recommend reading this book instead.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazing Content

I had to get past Hardy’s speaking style, but it actually helped to slow the book down to .75 speed. Once I did that I couldn’t wait to get in the car and listen. This book has already changed my life.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Amazing!

This book have completely shifted my morning routines and redefined how I approach commitment. What an amazing resource! I HIGHLY recommend.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Awesome book help me a lot

It’s an awesome book it is something you should listen to just the Arthur needs to do a better presentation of reading he gets kind of a Goal voice

Willpower still required

Everything he suggested requires willpower. Change your environment? Yup, willpower still required. Want to become an entrepreneur? Willpower. Want to buy a Tesla? Willpower.

Poor execution

I rarely write reviews, but this one needed one because I purchased this book from the positive reviews. There is no possible way the good reviews are not from insiders or friends of the author.

The author should not have narrated his book. He also should have edited out unnecessary sentences and narratives or hired a good editor. Mr Hardy committed almost every logical fallacy trying to support his premise.

The book and his concepts had lots of potential. It was very painful to finish the book.

Save your time.

Book summarized for you.

You are the product of your environment.

Highly Recommended

Excellent book. I highly recommend it for anybody looking to make changes in life. I appreciated that the narration was done by the author. He is very clear and understandable, and puts his ideas through effectively.