BOOST YOUR WILLPOWER
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Some other day you find yourself trapped in the bad habits and you decide to change everything into the good. You make a long list of the behaviours and habits to be changed. You make a great plan for that and with charged positivity and hope you start executing the plan. You start feeling awesome.
A few days later you notice that nothing is happening according the plan. You start finding reasons justifying your helplessness in being inactive. Some other day you find yourself at the same place where you had started, don't you? Of course, it happens to you. There might be many reasons but the root cause of keeping yourself away from the transformed one is WILL POWER.
Will power is really a super power that can change you from nothing to everything. It makes difference. It is what makes you get out of the bed and chase your dreams everyday. It makes you to dive into the deep sea and fly to the Mars. It is an open secret behind becoming successful in life. It keeps you walking on the chosen roads no matter how difficult they are as well holds you back from distracting yourself and increases your productivity.
WHAT'S WILLPOWER ?
Let's understand the willpower which helps you to be more self disciplined and self controlled. The American Psychology Association has put it in a very nice way , defining that
“Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals.”
How easy to understand but difficult to inculcate. It is really a challenging task to exchange the things which have been giving you instant happiness long time for seeking pleasure in the future. It gives you pain but you prefer to bear it for better tomorrow.
When you are habitual of sleeping for hours and getting up late which gives you happiness and now you have to get up early to go to the gym for becoming healthier. How difficult it is to resist the temptation of lying in the bed and getting up. It is only the willpower can make this difference.
Willpower is like a muscle. It can be strengthen with the mental exercises. It is the inner strength helps you to control yourself from diving into the drench of the instant gratification and pushes you to lead on the path of the success despite having lot of challenges and hurdles. With this superpower you can easily overcome the obstacles.
KEYS TO ACCESS WILLPOWER
BE AWARE ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE BAD HABITS
You don't push yourself to change until you don't realize the loss you are facing due to the bad habits. As you become aware about the bad habits and their outcomes , you feel urge to get rid off them for your betterment and this urge boosts your willpower. Better you do introspection and contemplate about the changes you need to make strongly. This dying for the change need will create strong willpower inside you.
BE CLEAR WITH YOUR OUTCOMES
You quit making changes, when you don't have a clear picture of the outcomes you will have after making a change. You have to be clear with your outcomes. For instance, when you know that getting up early in the morning and hitting the ground will make you strong, fit and healthy, you don't wait for others to get you up instead you do it willingly. A clear vision of the outcomes motivates your willpower.
CHOOSE ONE TASK AT ONE TIME
Change is easy when you go for a one change at a one time. If you decide to bring a change in multiple things, you will face a lot of difficulty and this will end in quitting the process. Make a list of the behaviours or habits you want to change or upgrade. Priorities them according to your needs and start working on them one by one. Focusing on a single change creates less conflict in your mind. You get limited tasks to do that you can do easily.
MAINTAIN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENERGY AT ITS BEST
Willpower needs physical and mental energy. Physically tired and mentally sick person can not have a strong willpower. You need a proper sleep, healthy food and calm mind for gaining and maintaining the energy level. Meditation and creative visualisation of the outcomes give you mental energy whereas sound sleep, exercise and nutritious diet give you physical energy.
KEEP PATIENCE
'Rome wasn't built in a day' is a saying teaches us to keep patience. Change is surely possible, but you need to wait for that awesome moment. Have you ever seen any big thing is built in a short time? No, it is not possible. It takes time to build something great. As you are on the journey of the transformation, it is long. You will not reach to the destination immediately but definitely. You need patience. This attitude will keep your willpower on the track. It will strengthen your willpower.
CELEBRATE SMALL CHANGES
It is only you who is aware about the small changes that take place in your life. As you notice such small changes, don't feel shy to celebrate them by giving yourself rewards. It could be anything. It would be a little voice saying bravo! or a small treat offered to the self. This develops your confidence.
At the end , understand 'The Marshmallow Experiment' which was conducted by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University to check a role of the willpower in life. It was for measuring the ability of delaying the gratification. In this experiment children were given the Marshmallow with the choice of eating then or waiting for a while for getting two marshmallows each one. Some failed to wait and they became the victims of the instant gratification but a few passed with strong willpower and got two marshmallows. Later on in the future in their adulthood , children with strong willpower found successful in their personal, professional, financial and social life.
It is true that with a strong willpower power you can easily overcome the short term temptations and achieve great things in long term.
Author
Mr. Abhijeet Manav
( Mindset Coach, Motivational Speaker & NLP Practitioner )
contact no. +91 9503839760
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