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Saturday, April 9, 2011

What is a will and whether it has the power?

Heard people say:-I want to start the morning run, I want to quit smoking, it is necessary to lose weight. But the lack of willpower. That is, the will is, and its strength is weak. Can I force the will to educate yourself?
Will - a person's ability to achieve its goals in terms of overcoming obstacles. Can be called the will power part of the personality that is appreciated in person at all times. Particularly striking when, where, despite all the difficulties, the goal is reached.
"Where there is no will, no way." (Bernard Shaw)
So, will help us in life. Then the question - any will, or just having a force? And what is it?
Willpower ... A definition of something, actually, no. That is, there are many understandings of what it is, but clear and understandable definition of no. For example, someone understands the power of the will of its quantity. But in what units is measured? If a stupid child persistently and aggressively hit with a hammer on your favorite sideboard, and the number of repetitions of surprises, in spite of any punishment, we can say that he has a lot of will? Good, very strong-willed child, but what is different from stubbornness?
Sometimes under the force of will to understand the motivation that is not quite true. Willpower - it's in the man himself, and the motivation is external. For example, the wage increase - good increases motivation, but not the willpower.
Another understanding. Willpower - is the ability to convince himself. Tell why you need to do something, it will, from what saves. It looks like self-motivation. Besides it is possible for a long time to conduct such conversations and convince yourself of anything, but nothing as a result do not do it. Many tried to persuade himself and promised myself not to eat at night. So what? After another midnight visit to the fridge postponed this event for next month, but better - in the new year. Convinced themselves, yes - but not enough willpower to resist.
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Willpower - domestic energy source that allows a person achieve their goals in terms of overcoming obstacles.
For clarity, give a metaphorical explanation. For example, the muscle man is weak, but it still works. A person can easily pick up the usual weight for yourself - in a bar 50 kg - it will, because there is an obstacle - the weight, or more precisely the force of gravity, has a goal - to lift the weight, breaking force of gravity. But if weight is to make an unusual, but more like 80 kg. Then need a larger power muscles, the degree of tension to increase. Maybe the weight will be taken, but may not have enough muscle strength (strength of will), because it is not trained, that is, as a source of energy, movement, not ready for lifting 80 kg.
Continuing the analogy, I admit that willpower can be trained, just like muscles, that is the regular repetition of a statement of the more difficult tasks. Incidentally, the analogy is very appropriate, since there is nothing that develops will-power, as regular exercise. Who can say that these athletes are not strong-willed people?
Muscles grow slowly, but if you practice, it will be seen as increasing their strength. They increase in volume and will be able to lift more weight. So with the force of will, it is increasing slowly, but after a while what seemed previously impossible, to quickly overcome by a slight effort of will.
For example, consider that for you at the moment is simply a feat or seems impossible? Get up at six in the morning, go early, to start jogging in the morning, join a gym and regularly visit him, to learn a foreign language, get a second degree?
Begin to do it, but first, do not download themselves strongly. If it's running, then just as much as you can, then gradually increase the distance. I am sure, after two months of regular training run will be easy physically, but most importantly, even if you do not really want to do it, it's easy willed you to quickly tune themselves and flee with pleasure.
A thick and flabby people will look at you and argue: "This is what effect will need to have to regularly run and look so good!" They still do not understand what willpower. Let them read this article.

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