Most people think willpower is like a superpower — you're either born with it, or not.
But that exact thinking might be exactly what keeps you from doing big, exciting things.
Will treats willpower like a muscle. One that's built through repetitions like breakups, long runs, awkward conversations, and the guts to record your first podcast episode when your voice is shaking.
William Mulvaney is a coder who has turned into a motivational podcaster and is now creating an app to help empower people with their performance habits.
In this episode, we talk about what willpower really looks like.
It's not a buzzword. It's the slow, steady practice of doing the thing you said you’d do, even when it sucks.
There’s something in this episode for the high performers, the emotionally stunted, the quietly ambitious, and anyone who's ever thought, I don’t feel ready, but I can’t sit still anymore.
Here’s what we get into:
⦁ How Will’s fear of rejection led to a podcast — and a total mindset shift
⦁ What ultramarathon training teaches you about willpower
⦁ The difference between willpower and white-knuckling
⦁ Why discipline builds self-trust (and how to actually practice it)
⦁ Balancing emotional expression with emotional control
⦁ How crying became part of Will’s personal growth
⦁ Lessons from Socrates on wisdom and showing up for your values
⦁ The "flat tire" analogy for getting back on track
⦁ How Will tracks habits and emotional states with his app, Grooves
⦁ What running 50 miles alone teaches you about life (and yourself)
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