CHAPTER 5 OUT NOW: https://youtu.be/-6TNOYEgF2k Get 30 days free of unlimited access of Brain.fm at https://www.brain.fm/solved The Greeks called it akrasia: the gap between what you know you should do and what you actually do. Why does it exist? Why is it so stubborn? And why does willpower fail almost every single time? In this chapter, Mark and Drew get into Plato's chariot rider and two horses, the famous hospital checklist that saved 1,500 lives by doing almost nothing, and why putting your gym shoes by the door beats every morning routine ever invented. If change was as easy as more information, we'd all be billionaires with six-packs. It's not, and this is why. Get the free PDF episode guide: https://solvedpodcast.com/change/ This is chapter 4 of our episode on change. New chapters drop every few days. Watch the full episode NOW on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mvn4m2jk ⇨ Sign up for my newsletter, Your Next Breakthrough. It will help make you a less awful person: https://go.markmanson.net/cdi1xzha ⇨ Get clarity on what actually matters. Try Purpose, Mark's AI mentor app that learns your patterns, challenges your blind spots, and helps you take action. Get started at https://go.markmanson.net/217i5ys5 FOLLOW MARK Mark's IG: https://www.instagram.com/markmanson Solved IG: https://www.instagram.com/solvedpodcast/ Twitter: https://x.com/markmanson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmanson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammarkmanson #changeyourlife #change #willpower #changeyourmindsetchangeyourlife