Willpower predicts academic performance twice as well as IQ and is the strongest predictor of success in relationships, health, and wealth. Brian Johnson argues self-discipline is teachable, yet schools and most people spend almost no time developing it.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Arete one Degree. This is the first micro chapter in the fifth objective in our new book, activate your heroic potential. We've got Objective one, know the ultimate game. Objective two, forge antifragile confidence. Objective three, optimize your big three. Objective four, make today a masterpiece. Then we get into the art and science of behavioral change with objective five, master yourself. So the first microchapter in that objective is this. IQ versus Willpower. One is a much better predictor than the other. Here's a fun fact. Did you know that Willpower out predicts IQ for academic performance by a factor of two? In other words, if you know both a kid's IQ and their willpower, knowing their willpower score will make you twice as effective at predicting how well they're doing in school than knowing their iq. Think about that for a second. Isn't that astonishing? Willpower, aka self discipline, self mastery, etc. Is also the best predictor of pretty much everything else we want in life. Great relationships, health, wealth, etc. And most importantly, Self mastery is teachable. Which kind of begs a couple of questions. First, how much time are your kids spending in Self Mastery class at school? And how much time are you spending developing your self mastery? I hope you enjoyed that Arete one Degree from my new book, Arete Activate youe Heroic Potential. The book will be shipped on November 14, right before Black Friday. In time to make it the perfect holiday gift, perhaps. I wanted to let you know that we have some special giveaways if you think you might like to pre order the book and even more goodies if you think you might want to give the book away this holiday season. Here's the deal. Pre order one copy and get a free advanced reader copy of the ebook today. Pre order three copies and get a free advanced copy of the ebook and the audiobook and a limited edition Arete coin that we'll send to you. Pre order 10 copies of the book. Bless you and get all of that plus an autographed advanced hardcover reader copy sent to you immediately inside the fancy Arete VIP box, which is packed with other goodies including this Arete T shirt, a Heroic t shirt, and 10 free annual heroic memberships for your gift recipients. You'd be able to give them a book and a year's worth of Heroic for free. If you pre order 25 copies, you'll get all that plus a free ticket to our launch event party in Austin, November 10th through 12th, and you'll get a personal voice memo. Thank you and a high five from me if you're feeling inspired to order over 50 copies of the book. We've been blessed to have a lot of CEOs and corporations do that. We'll give you a huge discount. Just let us know all of this. You can learn more about at Heroic U.S. book. Heroic U.S. book of course, you can order the book on Amazon. Barnes and Noble Independent bookstores will be everywhere you can buy a book, Hudson's Airport stores, et cetera. And let us know, of course, when you've done that and purchased a copy or three, or ten or more if you feel inspired to do so at Heroic Us Book. I appreciate you and I hope you love the book. I'm super excited about it, super proud of it, and I hope it helps you and your families transform your lives.
