The power of self-discipline 2400-ZEWW785-OG
The aim of the course is to be familiar with:
• nature of self-discipline and four obstacles
• effects of choices between hedonism and eudaimonia (an ant and a cricket)
• Dimensions of self-discipline and determination
• five necessary principles of applying self-discipline
• process of learning self-discipline
• creating useful resolutions
• effect of an empathic gap
• dealing with difficult resolutions
• levels of difficulties to be overcome
• developmental and task targets
• target exercise – foundation of persistence
• monitoring of our actions – principles
• basic techniques of monitoring progress
• principles of forming habits
• handling useless habits
• applying habits
• enforcing the power of will
• resistant to temptations
The rated total number of hours a student is required to spend in order to achieve the expected learning outcomes defined for the course: 30 + 25
Course coordinators
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Upon the course completion (lecture, discussions) a student will:
• set current level of his persistence and determination
• realise the nature of main difficulties concerning the power of will
• know and present consequences of “hot” and “cold” decisions
• set advantages that we wants to gain thanks to persistence training
• apply the rules of self-discipline to his own planning
• apply simple resolutions to his actions
• create his own system of monitoring progress
• distinguish task and developmental targets
• concentrate his energy and actions on development of his own persistence and passion
• create skills demanding exercises and perfection
• create directions of actions in order to overcome postponement
• prepare a plan of strengthening his motivation
• set needed habits to developmental
• set ways of applying needed habits
• present the programme of forming new habits
• prepare ways of weakening useless habits
• create ways of dealing with failure
• set actions connected with taking responsibility for himself
KW01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KU03, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
Constant mark – 50%
term paper – 50%
Bibliography
Required readings
• Baumeister R., Tierney J., Siła woli (Willpower), Warszawa 2013
• Duckworth A., Upór. Potęga pasji i wytrwałości (Grit. The Power of Passion an Perseverance), Galaktyka, Łódź 2016
• McGonigal K., Siła woli. Wykorzystaj samokontrolę i osiągaj więcej! (The Willpower Instinct) Helion, Gliwice 2015
• Włodarski W., Zaczyna się od wymówki (It Begins with an Excuse), w: Coaching jako klucz do wewnętrznej motywacji (Coaching as the Key Internal Motivation), pod red. L. Czarkowskiej, Poltext, Warszawa 2017
Suggested readings
• Mischel W., Test Marshmallow. O pożytkach płynących z samokontroli (The Marshmallow Test), Smak Słowa, Sopot 2015
• McGonigal K., Siła stresu. Jak stresować się mądrze i z pożytkiem dla siebie (The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It). Helion Gliwice 2016
• Clear J., Atomic Habits, Penguin Publishing Group, London 2018