Willpower evolved to ensure that human beings survive and prosper both as a species and as individuals by enabling them to make tough choices and forego easy options. If goals were achieved when beckoned by wishful thinking and habits vanished with a click of your fingers, you would not require willpower. Willpower entails projecting yourself into the future, often foregoing immediate pleasure or indulgence in pursuit of longer-term and ultimately more valued goals. This task can be a daunting one which nonetheless you can achieve if you understand willpower and how to maximise it. This Cheat Sheet gives you some of the essential basics up front for doing just that.
