This quote embodies everything I know about
willpower. It displays what we as people are capable of when we are pushed to
the nth degree.
While this quote is indeed powerful, most of
us still don’t understand how to increase our willpower. Whenever we perceive
even a little step in the wrong direction, it becomes the end of world. Such
thinking cannot yield good results. Remember that you have to always…
I can not stress this enough. No matter how long it takes and how
beaten you may feel, you must try and try again. You’ll never know how much you
can handle if you don’t put your limits to the test. How many times does it
take for a baby to stand up before he or she finally does? How long do great
athletes, actors, writers, composers, first-time mothers and fathers practice
before they finally get it right? How much heartache do you have to feel until
you finally feel true love? You will never know if you do not try. The very act
of trying itself increases your willpower because it instills in your mind that
you can do it; that you can
succeed.
Eliminate negative influences
Who has not felt the sting or hurt when someone you thought
supported you, in fact, actually didn’t? You are not the first one to be
criticized. People de-constructively criticize what they do not understand. If
you come from a long line of farmers and you have big dreams to be a “hot-shot
lawyer”, expect some backlash. If your friends are all planning to work in the
same field, but you choose another, I bet you dollars to donuts that at least a
few of them will look down on you. Cut them loose if you have to. There is no
way a negative influence has ever made a person successful (except in defiance
of that said influence). Listen only to constructive criticism that helps you
learn and grow as a person.
Seek out those who you resonate with
You may think you have achieved great willpower, but nothing can
push it ever higher than surrounding yourself with those who are similar to
you. In times of sheer doubt, they can fish you out of your pit of despair.
When you achieve the little goals, they will revel with you in your glory. When
they are down for the count, it will be your job to push them back up. What you
can accomplish alone will be amplified when you put great minds together. To
have someone always there to drive you forward makes you feel as if you’ve
promised them to endure what lies ahead.
Realize defeat, but never accept it
Those who know defeat are the ones that have the most willpower.
After their long line of defeats they will always say, “But the day I was about
to quit, I decided to try one more time…”. There will always be days when
defeat rears it’s head, but that doesn’t mean you should accept it. Even when
it seems as if you are making no headway, stop and think about how far you’ve
come. The effort you put in beforehand has made you who you are now. Learn from
your defeats, but act immediately afterwards to redeem yourself.
It has been said that confidence cannot be faked; that you must
fake it until you make it. This is not the case with willpower. You cannot fake
effort or will. All the hardships, all of the constant forward trudging: it’s
all real. As long as you keep acting positively, you can be sure to achieve
anything you put your mind to.
Give up. Quit. Can’t.
These words should not exist in your vocabulary.
*** found this in cyber land & added to it a little. Don't you just luv it ;?
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