What Spencer Greenberg has said about Ego depletion
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 10, 2026
Spencer Greenberg, Mathematician, entrepreneur, founder of ClearerThinking.org and co-author of the book 12 Levers, has been quoted on Ego depletion once in 1 episode of Modern Wisdom, most recently on October 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Greenberg says scientific understanding of willpower as a depletable muscle collapsed when ego depletion findings failed to replicate.
“researchers tried to replicate it and did not replicate. They could not replicate a bunch of the basic findings”
Modern Wisdom: The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161 (Oct 10, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:45
Episodes
The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161Modern Wisdom · Oct 10, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
Spencer Greenberg tells Chris Williamson how hundreds of self-help techniques reduce to 12 psychological levers, covering values, habits, fear, overthinking, productivity and willpower.
Spencer Greenberg on other topics
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