Gain Willpower: Practical Help to Overcome or Prevent Any Addiction or Impulse-Control Problem by Gradually Strengthening Elementary Character Traits
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Summary from Author and Quote from Eminent Psychologist Dr. Roy F. Baumeister:
The first topic in this book about sustainably increasing willpower regards my, the author’s, novel conclusion. Specifically, addicts or those with impulse-control issues should have an easier time building the willpower needed to overcome their problems by their, at first, strengthening certain, seemingly insignificant character traits that are, in fact, fundamental to the establishment of personal self-control. Two such traits would be neither interrupting others nor speaking with food in one’s mouth. About this first topic and conclusion of mine, the following is a quote from the greatly distinguished professor, Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, who is one of our planet’s most influential psychologists and a groundbreaking expert in the study of willpower. (He is, with John Tierney, also the author of the New York Times bestseller, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength.)
"[Rabbi Gruber’s new understanding] is a good idea and much in keeping with the way I am thinking about [matters of willpower]. All self-control capabilities are interrelated, so those who fail at small things ([such as] table manners) may be more likely to fail at big ones ([such as] addictions). ... [The Rabbi’s work is] very good. Conquering ... small tasks is a great first step toward better self-control."
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Gain Willpower - H. Chaim Gruber
B"H
GAIN WILLPOWER!
Practical Help to Overcome or Prevent Any Addiction or Impulse-Control Problem by Gradually Strengthening Elementary Character Traits
by Rabbi H. Chaim Gruber, Sociologist
GainWillpower.com
© Rabbi H. Chaim* Gruber 2017
(5778 in the common Hebrew calendar)
Updated Edition of August 9, 2018 (Av 28, 5778)
* With a unique articulation, the author’s first initial and personal name are, together, pronounced HaChaim
as opposed to Aitch Chaim.
Gratitude
With the most gratitude to God and with great appreciation to everyone who either is mentioned in this book or contributed to its publication in some way! Individual thanks go to my father, who graciously helped with the editing; to my mother and step-father, for their generous support; to my step-mother, who gifted me with my laptop; to soon-to-be-described Matthew, who made this volume’s eponymous section possible; to Dr. Roy Baumeister, for his having made the time; to C. S. McClare, for trying; to B., for being there; and to my dear grandmother, for her continuing to smile.
Last thanks go to Daniel Levi, my forever-in-my-heart-partner-with-God, RIP, who, I am obligated to say, I loved more than anyone. [Of interest, as a name creates a destiny, it was those of the tribe of Levi who, as the Torah/Bible relates (Deut. 33:9), chose love of God (that is, doing the right thing) over love of family when such loves conflicted (such as when a family member was doing wrong). Meaning, a truly virtuous Levite—to whom blood is not thicker than water—cannot be bribed even by the weightiest emotional bonds. It is, therefore, logical that the Book of Leviticus entrusts God’s Temple to the righteous of this tribe.]
Contents
Preface from Author and Quote from Eminent Psychologist Dr. Roy F. Baumeister
Summary of Topic 1
TOPIC 1: Gain Willpower! Practical Help to Overcome or Prevent Any Addiction or Impulse-Control Problem by Gradually Strengthening Elementary Character Traits
TOPIC 2: A Point
Summary of Topic 3
TOPIC 3: Do Not Multitask Smoke
and More Effortlessly Build the Willpower Needed to Reduce or Overcome Smoking
TOPIC 4: Potentially Life-Saving Advice for Pedestrians, Bicyclists, Drivers, or Stair Navigators Who Simultaneously Use Smart
phones*
TOPIC 5: Smoking Urbanites Who Fling Their Still-Lit Butts onto Asphalt Streets and Concrete Sidewalks Are Misled If They Think That a Fire Could Not Ignite with Ease
About the Socio-Theologian Author
BONUS SECTION
Bagel History
Let Them Eat Cake!
Preface from Author and Quote from Eminent Psychologist Dr. Roy F. Baumeister
The first topic in this book about sustainably increasing willpower regards my, the author’s, novel conclusion. Specifically, addicts or those with impulse control issues should have an easier time building the willpower needed to overcome their problems by their, at first, strengthening certain, seemingly insignificant characteristics that are, in fact, fundamental to the establishment of personal self-control. Two such traits would be neither interrupting others nor speaking with food in one’s mouth. About this first topic and conclusion of mine, the following is a quote from the greatly distinguished professor, Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, who is one of our planet’s most influential psychologists and a groundbreaking expert in the study of willpower. (He is, with John Tierney, also the author of the New York Times bestseller, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength.)
[Rabbi Gruber’s new understanding] is a good idea and much in keeping with the way I am thinking about