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The Power of Self Discipline: Resist Temptations, Control Impulses, Boost Mental Toughness & Willpower, and Create A Life of Success & Abundance

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With self-discipline, all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like the impossible dream." Theodore Roosevelt Do you often find yourself struggling to resist your unworthy temptations? Does every little distraction drift you instantly from your most important task?

Do you always wonder how high performers manage to control their impulse and stay focused on their goals? Do you think every successful person is born with innate self-control abilities?

Imagine if you could resist any temptations and race like a horse with its blinkers on. Imagine having a vast reservoir of willpower to handle difficult things smoothly.

The Power of Self Discipline will help you truly understand the underlying reasons why people succumb to their instant gratification, despite being rational humans. This book will equip you with actionable strategies to strengthen your willpower. You will learn habits and routines backed up by neuroscience and psychological researches conducted by top self-control experts to improve self-control.

The Power of Self Discipline - will reveal

Beat Instant Gratification, Overcome Distractions, and Improve Your Focus
Learn the psychology and economics of why Chimpanzees demonstrate better self-control than humans & what to do about it.
Why False Hope Syndrome seriously destroys your dreams, and how you can overcome this?
Identify the psychological factors that drain your willpower without you knowing it.
Learn why a rational human being chooses one single reward instantly, when he can get double in two minutes?
How What-The-Hell Effect drowns you deeper into your indulgences, and the ways to control it.
Powerful Habits To Activate Self-Control & Strengthen Your Willpower MuscleLeverage the power of our Prefrontal Cortex

180 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 5, 2018

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Som Bathla

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Som Bathla loves to research human psychology & behaviour in order to get maximum out of life. He is always eager to learn, embody and then impart the fundamental of optimal living to help others lead a resourceful life. He has written multiple bestseller books on topics about how to transform your mindset and enhance performance to get better and faster results.

He is deeply convinced about the vastness of the human potential and is dedicated to teaching the ways to overcome self-doubt and fears, unleash the true human potential and thus enable one to take massive action through principles backed by psychological research and scientific evidence.

Visit www.sombathla.com for more information and also don't forget to claim your free gift.

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95 reviews2 followers
February 27, 2021
if you listen to it while on a long walk, it feels like therapy lol. At the end, the author even mentions the self discipline it took to finish the book- which made me cheese so hard 😀 great listen !!
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1,763 reviews5 followers
March 19, 2021
The Power of Self-Discipline — Som Bathla (9 titled chapters + Closing Thoughts) Feb. 16-March 17, 2021

This is my second non-fiction book in as many months. I have tried not to make a habit of this fact, but when a good non-fiction book relative to my present situation comes along, I gotta take it.

This one came along at the right time, but I didn’t finish it until after the fire had been put out (so to speak.)

I had a big project that I had been working on for over a year, and didn’t get the functions I really needed until 3 weeks before it was due. I kid you not. But in that meantime, I felt distracted, depressed and angry that I was meeting road block after roadblock. I learned later that many of the function of the software I was trying to learn were locked down and out of access to me. (This project was Islandora.)

When this book came along, I was beginning to feel like the issues I was having were all me.

This book put a lot of things in to perspective and even gave strength to some of the techniques I have been utilizing since after the project began.

I learned some great tips in this book. I do think this book was transferred or written by an English as a second language author. But don’t let that dissuade you. This book is an absolute keeper!

It may have taken me awhile to read, but the examples Mr. Bathla gave were so real world (one involved an awareness that was brought to light by his own child,) that I felt connected to his ideas in a way that I very rarely feel when reading these types of book.

I’m going to refer back to his tips.

Living moment to moment is the gist of it, but even if you think you know the ending, it’s everything sprinkled in between that makes this book a delight. Well worth the slow read.

Bravo Mr. Bathla!

Five stars.
26 reviews
January 13, 2024
Had a lot of basic info but some good data on finding ways to use willpower in a strategic fashion. Felt it lacked appropriate guidance for people who may be struggling with mental health conditions like depression or ADHD as it would have been nice to see if there were studies on persons with these conditions who successfully utilized the treatment options outlined in the book
78 reviews4 followers
March 23, 2018
An excellent read

I love Som Bathla’s books. They are well written, well researched, and always interesting.

I love the examples he used to build self discipline. I’ll be rereading this book again and again.

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246 reviews
January 9, 2023
Very basic concepts. If you have read self help books in the past this will touch upon already learned concepts. Also, I listened to this as an audiobook and the narrator sounded like he was going to sneeze often and it was distracting.
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July 30, 2023
Great short book on mastering self-control and discipline.
Many exercises and techniques backed up by scientific research. Great references.
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April 25, 2025
Daniel

Another great book. Every day learning something new. Good enough for this review, keep up the writing utilizing your talent.
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February 24, 2022
Cuốn sách này giúp cho mình hiểu được nguyên nhân tại sao bản thân lại không kỉ luật đc và làm thế nào để rèn luyện tự thân kỉ luật tốt hơn. Tuyệt vời
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