Podcast - Episode 0342 - The Tools: Jeopardy & Willpower (Part 5)

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In this episode, Joel and Antonia talk about the book “The Tools” and discuss the fifth tool: Jeopardy & Willpower.

• Losing My Virginity Autobiography, Richard Branson
• Spark: “I still have life in me, I’m not going to give up”
• “The Tools” from Phil Stutz and Barry Michels
• Use this tool when: at a low point / want to relax, to find spark back and put you back in motion
• Tool #5 – Jeopardy
• Higher Force: Willpower
• How this tool is different than the other 4?
• “Rather than fully formed, we are more like TVs with faulty connections”
• The challenge of maintenance and why personal growth can feel like dishes that keep coming back
• Illustrating example: the challenge of staying fit
• 2 cues to use this tool:
  • You need some ‘stick-to-it-ness’
  • You feel demoralized / like giving up
• Exercise Description – Jeopardy
• How this tool works
• Using the passing of time to find clarity
• Find clarity: what is the theme YOU want your life to be about? Are you working on the right things or getting lost in ‘noble distractions?
• The sweet spot between agitated state when mortality hits you and homeostasis
• “When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” Samuel Johnson
• The importance of maintenance vs control
• How this tool can also help with:
  • Taking more risks / being bolder
  • Overcoming indecisiveness
  • Controlling and addictive behaviors
• Reasons why you should pick up The Tools from Phil Stutz and Barry Michels

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