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Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength
AuthorRoy Baumeister, John Tierney
IllustratorEnrique Perez
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSelf-control
GenreNon-fiction, Science
Publication date
2011
Publication placeUSA
Pages304
ISBN978-1-59420-307-7

Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength is a book about self-control, co-authored by Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at Florida State University, and New York Times journalist John Tierney.

The book outlines Baumeister's research on ego depletion, surveys why people do not have effective self-control and outlines techniques for improving one's self-control.