| Will Power Rebuilding |
| Written by Jason Myers | |
| Friday, 06 November 2009 | |
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Will power. We don't want to actually look at that word as it feels like work! But what can one achieve without strength of will? Imagine the child training to walk. If she didn't have the will power to keep going after the first few falls, she would be desperately walk lamely all her life. We grown-ups must draw near our own problems with such strength of mind. What we believe is probable seems to be more and more improbable to us as we experience life. A lot of us are likely to put more faith in our own failures than in our own successes.
Will power. We don't want to really look at that word as it looks like work! But what can one achieve without will power? Imagine the child training to walk. If she didn't own the determination to keep struggling following the first few falls, she would be hopelessly crippled all her life. We grown-ups must approach our own obstacles with such strength of mind. What we imagine is possible seems to be more and more impossible to us as we experience life. Most of us tend to put additional faith in our own failures than in our own achievements. Our minds work like a navigation system and no matter how we program our navigation system becomes our own reality. Many of what we observe may not even be what is in fact the case, but just the reality we see through the lens of our own beliefs. Remember the story of the man who was incorrectly locked into a refrigerated railroad car? He died after one night, although the refrigeration was not working. Because he thought it was... his brain caused him to freeze to death. If we have been unsuccessful before, we program that into our navigation system and the chances of disappointments in the subsequent venture multiply, depending upon how we look at failure. If we insist upon looking at failure as the end of the road, then failure turns out to be a routine. However, if we look upon failure as simply a way that didn't succeed, then we can stay on the road until we achieve something. Where there's a will there's a way. This is true in most instances. Building will power is just changing your belief regarding your own willingness to pursue your goal whatever it may be. Get a mental list. If your judgements and ideas appear to see you as having no determination, then start working to alter those thoughts. At the same time you may establish self confidence regarding your determination by keeping small commitments to yourself. Negative thoughts about yourself can be removed by creating up little victories. Similar to the kid learning to walk, see yourself walking, imagine yourself accomplishing that which you need the willpower to complete, and you will soon be walking through the problems towards your goal. The Article Author: Jason Myers is a professional writer and he writes mostly about self improvement tips news. He's also interested in psychology advice websites. |
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