Make a fist. Hold it as hard as you can, and don’t let go.
Strong at first. The knuckles go white, the forearm sets, and for a few seconds you’re completely in charge. Then it aches. Then it shakes. Then the fingers start to open on their own, and there’s not much your willpower can do about it.… Read the rest “How to Break a Habit Without Willpower: 4 Simple Moves”
Make a fist. Hold it as hard as you can, and don’t let go.
Strong at first. The knuckles go white, the forearm sets, and for a few seconds you’re completely in charge. Then it aches. Then it shakes. Then the fingers start to open on their own, and there’s not much your willpower can do about it.… Read the rest “How to Break a Habit Without Willpower: 4 Simple Moves”
The night a batch of transmission housings failed because one exhausted operator trusted his own discipline instead of the checklist, I stopped believing in routines — and started believing in systems over willpower.
It was 11:40 p.m., second shift, on the floor at a transmission plant outside Dayton, when my best line lead made a call his training told him not to make.… Read the rest “I Spent 40 Years Stopping Catastrophic Failures. Willpower Never Once Made the Fix List. (Here’s What Did.)”
