I have mixed feelings about willpower and it’s importance in goal setting and achievement. The main reason is that if you have a clearly articulated goal, outcome or dream you want to achieve that really excites you, you don’t need any willpower to get it done.
Willpower to me is an excuse for impotent goal setters.
Without exciting goals you would need willpower to get motivated.
For example, I don’t smoke. It takes no willpower for me to avoid picking up a cigarette, cigar or pipe. The same is true for overeating. I value my vitality, health and wellbeing so much that I don’t overeat or abuse alcohol or other ‘substances’.
If you’re struggling with willpower and are trying to harness more of it – you’re probably heading in the wrong direction.
Focus on your goals, dreams and aspirations instead.
When you do, you’ll find an unquenchable thirst for achievement that will create relentless enthusiasm within you and you’ll be of the same point of view that willpower has no place in genuine and authentic achievement that is congruent with your life’s purpose.
Give it some serious thought the next time you think you’re lacking in willpower – or when you see someone with very little of it.
Share these thoughts with them because that’s what someone did with me when I was a teenager and it changed my life and perspective forever.
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