JONAH LEHRER’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS.

JONAH LEHRER’S RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS. Jonah Lehrer has some recommendations for you. First, don’t stretch your limited willpower—your budget—over too many resolutions at once; spread them throughout the year. Second, starvation diets diminish your willpower. As Lehrer says: “Even moderation must be done in moderation.” Third, exercising willpower can strengthen it. Experimental subjects who worked on improving their posture improved on various tests of willpower. I posted here on the idea of a willpower budget and here on how willpower is like a muscle in that it can be strengthened.