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    Commit to Win: How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals
    Commit to Win: How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals
    Commit to Win: How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals
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    Commit to Win: How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals

    Written by Heidi Reeder

    Narrated by Heidi Reeder

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    What do you need besides motivation and willpower?

    In Commit to Win, Heidi Reeder, PhD, unpacks over forty years of research by psychologists and economists to show that the key to reaching any goal, whether it's to hit the gym more often or to finally quit that dead-end job, isn't motivation, willpower, or determination. It's commitment. Busting the myths most of us believe about commitment, Reeder shows that it all comes down to four variables:
    Treasures: the benefits we get from working toward a goal,
    Troubles: the difficulties we have to deal with,
    Contributions: the time, money, and effort we invest, and
    Choices: the number of good alternatives we have.
    Together, these variables make up a formula that not only measures how committed we are, but also shows which factors we can change to get our commitment level in sync with what we want to do. Packed with practical examples and action plans for a variety of situations, Commit to Win will allow listeners to stop wishing for things to be different and instead make practical changes that will naturally empower them to reach their goals. It will appeal to readers of Succeed and The Willpower Instinct.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781469059273
    Commit to Win: How to Harness the Four Elements of Commitment to Reach Your Goals

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      Very informative and insightful. My key takeaway from the book: If you want to move on from a commitment, start by decreasing your contributions.