Willpower Exercises - A Key To Success!

Willpower is the ability to kick your own ass into doing the things YOU need to get done. It's like being your own parent.

The best way to make positive changes is to think of all the reasons why you want to get the things done so that when your brain wants to fuck around instead, you bring up the list of reasons that doing the job at hand is actually a much better way to spend your time. After all, when you spend 3 hours working, that is 3 hours of work that doesn't need to be done tomorrow, AND you even buy yourself time off for the future.

Also, a reason people tend to fuck around is the interia principle... a person who is fucking around tends to keep fucking around, while a person who works steadily tends to keep working steadily. Sure, it's tough at first to change from a lazy ass into a responsible working person, but the rewards are definitely there -- more money, the satisfaction of a job completed, and free time later on. The key is that you just have to keep kicking your own ass everytime your lazy self wants you to quit working on your future.

Kick your ass, kick your ass, kick your ass!

hey - that dog has a puffy tail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the beginning, make sure you set attainable goals. To kick start yourself from the state of inertia to a state of steady activity, don't set yourself up for failure.

Thanks! Very good advice.

Please keep sharing your experiences about improving your self-control or willpower. This is very important for me and I want to hear as much as possible about it.

its just a matter of learning how to motivate yourself. you may not be able to change the situation, but you can adopt a more positive outlook towards the things around you.

I always look for one reason for me to go on and keep hanging...and for all I know I have made it

Don't give up though the pace is slow,
you may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt
and you can never tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems so far.

It's much easier to stay motivated if you set a lot of smaller goals than one big one. "work actively for 3 hours" sounds great, but ultimately you end up unfocused and not very productive. Ditto for projects like "produce site ABC". I find it much easier to break it down into several smaller steps, complete with a checklist. That way you (1) don't feel overwhelmed by the task at hand and (2) give yourself constant 'rewards' by checking off things you get accomplished, even if they are smaller steps.

I have a checklist of tasks I have to do every day, and then blank lines at the bottom of the list. That way I can check off each thing as it's done, and add new ones as they come up. If it's noon and I still have a billion things on the list, I can prioritize better since I see them all right in front of me. Every little bit helps.

ill give this a try!!!

great post

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
- Vince Lombardi

I totally agree that willpower is the key to success... or at least to a good life. There are other factors, but people that rely too much on their intellect generally fail.