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Think with Kelly McGonigal's tools

12 Stations through McGonigal's two books, from the moment of choice that decides self-control to the stress we can put to use, ending with your own plan for a hard week.

We connect two books by the same Stanford psychologist: self-control from The Willpower Instinct, with its pause, its traps and its kindness after a slip, then The Upside of Stress, on what we believe stress does and how to use it. The order is a teaching order designed by BookYol, not the author's own.

Catching the moment of choicePausing before an urge winsRecovering from a slip without shameRethinking what stress doesUsing stress for energy and connection
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The road, station by station

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  1. 01Two selves, one choice: who's deciding right now?

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    from The Willpower Instinct

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  2. 02Pause, breathe, then choose

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    from The Willpower Instinct

  3. 03When Being Good Becomes a Permission Slip

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    from The Willpower Instinct

  4. 04Recover from a slip without the shame spiral

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    from The Willpower Instinct

  5. 05What you believe about stress changes what it does

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    from The Upside of Stress

  6. 06Challenge or threat: two ways the body meets pressure

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    from The Upside of Stress

  7. Milestone

    Self-control seen, stress reread

    Your moments of choice are written down, one urge has met a slow pause, one 'I've earned this' has been traced back to its reason, one slip has met a kind sentence, and you have named what you believe about stress and counted your resources before a hard task.

  8. 07Before the big moment, call the racing heart energy

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    from The Upside of Stress

  9. 08Under pressure, turn towards people

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    from The Upside of Stress

  10. 09Stress often marks what we care about

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    from The Upside of Stress

  11. 10Let hard experiences teach you

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    from The Upside of Stress

  12. 11Avoiding stress costs more than it saves

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    from The Upside of Stress

  13. 12Pause or use the energy: a plan for a hard week

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    from The Upside of Stress

  14. Milestone

    Destination: a plan for the next hard week

    A one-page plan for a real hard week is written: the stressor, what it touches that you care about, the moment you will meet with energy, the urge you will pause for, and the person you will turn to.

The BookYol LetterTwo letters a week

For the road

The road is daily. The letter is weekly.

While you walk Think with Kelly McGonigal's tools, two letters a week widen the view: a big idea on Tuesday and a small experiment on Friday, drawn from the same shelf of books.

Tuesday

The Big Idea

One idea that challenges an assumption, explained properly, with its source.

Friday

The Small Experiment

One small thing to try before Monday, so the idea becomes something you do.

Inside every letter

  1. 01The idea
  2. 02Why it works
  3. 03Where it comes from
  4. 04One thing to try

No spam, no selling your address. Just the letters.

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