Will Power

Accept your will power.

A lot of people say, "I don't have any will power." But if you think you have no will power, you are undermining your own success. Everyone has a will power. The first step in developing your will power is to accept its existence. The second step is to know that your will power, like the muscles in your arm is yours to develop. You are in charge of making it strong or letting it become weak. Will power is not strengthened by random external circumstances. Will power is an inside game. Make a promise to yourself, to be clear and truthful about your own will power. It's always there.

Say "No" to yourself.

A lot of people are afraid of the word "discipline". But the rule of the word "discipline" is the word "disciple". When you are disciplined, you've simply decided to manage the will to become your own disciple. Once you've made that decision, your life of adventure gets more interesting. You start to see yourself as a stronger person. You gain self-respect. Psychologist Abraham J. Heschel said, "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." Emerson said that when we say no to temptation, the power of that temptation passes to our will power. And Willam James recommended that we do at least two things everyday that we don't wanna do. By doing this, we stay powerfully aware of our own will power.

Abraham Lincoln said it best, " I will prepare myself, and my time will come." The more self disciplined you become, the "luckier" you will get! Learn to make yourself do what others won't, and you will soon have what others don't! Just like in your business, It's the start that stops most people, don't let the start, stop you, get started right now! We don't need to learn anything else, we just need to practice what we already know! I know I will start working on being more disciplined, I know I'll see myself over the top-because I rock!

It is good to take action, It is far more powerful to take focused, sustained action.