Crazy Simple Willpower
The Willpower Lie: What the Science of Discipline Actually Found, and the System That Works When Motivation Won'tBy Aaron CuhaRecorded TrackLength5h 53m
About this audiobook
Willpower is not the problem. The advice is.
For decades we have been told that discipline is a matter of wanting it badly enough, and when the wanting runs out, we blame ourselves. The research says something different.
In Crazy Simple Willpower, Aaron Cuha walks through what the science of discipline actually found, then hands you the system he built from it: a plain-English method that keeps working on the days motivation does not show up. No hype, no grinding, no waiting to feel ready.
Every scientific claim is documented in the author's Discipline Research Archive, with primary sources and evidence grades in the notes at the end of each chapter.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length5 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE WILLPOWER LIE
26THE MYTH IT KILLS
2PART ONE: THE AUTOPSY
27THE MOVE
3PART THREE: THE BUILD
28Open ChatGPT or Claude. Paste this:
4PREFACE: THE ARCHIVE CAME FIRST
29Chapter 5: What Survived
5INTRODUCTION: THE LIE AND THE CORRECTION
30THE STORY
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6HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
31THE EVIDENCE
7Chapter 1: The Lie You Bought
32THE MYTH IT KILLS
8THE STORY
33THE MOVE
9THE EVIDENCE
34PART TWO: THE SYSTEM
10THE MYTH IT KILLS
35Chapter 6: A System, Not a Trait
11THE MOVE
36THE STORY
12Open ChatGPT or Claude. Paste this:
37THE EVIDENCE
13Chapter 2: The Graveyard of Discipline Facts
38THE MYTH IT KILLS
14THE STORY
39THE MOVE
15THE EVIDENCE
40Chapter 7: The Hand You Were Dealt
16THE MYTH IT KILLS
41THE STORY
17THE MOVE
42THE EVIDENCE
18Chapter 3: The Marshmallow Mirage
43THE MYTH IT KILLS
19THE STORY
44THE MOVE
20THE EVIDENCE
45Chapter 8: The Quiet Mechanism
21THE MYTH IT KILLS
46THE STORY
22THE MOVE
47THE EVIDENCE
23Chapter 4: The Grit Rebrand
48THE MYTH IT KILLS
24THE STORY
49THE MOVE
25THE EVIDENCE
50Chapter 9: Why Every Discipline Quiz Lies
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