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Summary:

Holding breath is one of the best predictors of people’s ability to succeed at difficult goals. Distress tolerance is the ability to stay put when things get uncomfortable.
Surf the urge:
- Pay attention to the physical discomfort of wanting something.
- Give it your full attention.
- Trust that you can tolerate those physical sensations, and if you just WAIT with patience, those sensations would go away. Any craving, any emotion would eventually pass if you just wait it out. You don’t have to act on every impulse or emotion.