motivation | Helter Skelter Magazine https://helterskelter.in/label/motivation/ Fresh Voices and New Writing From and About India Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:57:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 The Willpower Paradox https://helterskelter.in/2010/07/the-willpower-paradox/ https://helterskelter.in/2010/07/the-willpower-paradox/#respond Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:57:28 +0000 http://helterskelter.in/?p=668 Wray Herbert in the Scientific American Mind — “Willingness is a core concept of addiction recovery programs — and a paradoxical one. Twelve-step programs emphasize that addicts cannot will themselves into healthy sobriety — indeed, that ego and self-reliance are often a root cause of their problem. Yet recovering addicts must be willing. That is,…

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