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The Willpower Instinct, by Kelly McGonigal

The Book Pile

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How Deep Breathing Helps Willpower

Deep breathing can help strengthen your willpower, but don't do it too close to the cocaine. Lesson two: Be bad at meditating. Regular meditators have more gray matter in their prefrontal cortex than people who aren't wearing matching clothes.

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