Brian Johnson argues willpower predicts academic performance twice as well as IQ and is teachable, yet schools rarely teach it. He says willpower also shapes relationships, health, and wealth. Pick one small action today to build the habit.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Optimize plus one. In our last plus one, we talked about the awesome CEO dads and Harvard interns who are committed to mastering their love as much as their work. Super inspiring. Now, one of the things that triggered the CEO dad's question was the fact that I emphasized the importance of our big three energy, work and love. And I talked about the importance of writing algorithms to to install our best behaviors such that they run on autopilot. In that context, I might have dropped the line about the fact that, as per the leading scientists out there, Willpower out predicts IQ for academic performance by a factor of two. In other words, if you know a kid's willpower and you know their iq, knowing their willpower score will make you twice as effective as pre at predicting how well they're doing in school. Then knowing their iq. Think about that for a second. Then know this willpower is also the best predictor of pretty much everything else we want in life. Great relationships, health, wealth, et cetera. And most importantly, know this willpower is 100% teachable. Then ask yourself, how much time is my kid spending in willpower class these days at school? I actually used that line in my pitch to the elite prep school in LA that has installed some of our optimized content into their curriculum. It's crazy that we know how important willpower is and that it can be taught and yet don't teach it. But we'll save that for another discussion for another time. For now again, Willpower out predicts IQ for academic performance by a factor of two. Did I mention that now we have classes on Willpower 101 and Habits 101 and Optimizing Algorithms 101, in which I talk about the basic super important idea that we want to get really good at using our finite willpower wisely to install habits that run on autopilot. All of which leads us to today's plus one. What's one little thing you know you can do to use your willpower wisely to install habits that run on autopilot? Is today a good day to make that happen?
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