“There is a more powerful engine than steam, electricity and atomic energy: will?(Albert Einstein). Willpower is a skill we can learn and develop. It’s like a muscle we can train. Just as mental and physical preparation is essential for athletes, preparing to achieve our goals is critical.
Etymologically, the word will comes from Latin voluntas-atis, which means to desire, this concept involves many other factors, such as the ability to make decisions, the choice of a possibility among many others, the trend or desire for something that gives us the opportunity to evolve, the determination of goals related to the ability to evaluate and clarify new objectives and actions, as a determining factor in the implementation of an action plan.
- Willpower is the engine that drives us to walk in search of our ideals and goals.
- Despite the difficulties.
- As psychiatrist Enrique Rojas says: motivation and enthusiasm are the two most important ingredients of this journey.
It all starts with a desire, but to achieve this it is not enough to desire, we must transform it into what we want, that is, we must achieve our ultimate goal, guided by our desire and motivation.
At first, will means choice, and when we choose, we also give up something. The philosopher William James said that “when we have to make a decision and we don’t make it, it’s already a choice. “
To choose, in the case of willpower, is to bet on something away from us and that we will achieve it with a lot of effort and patience. Let your goal inspire action, especially in difficult times. What motivates us is our motivation. Sometimes we see this lens as a positive thing and sometimes not so much. The process of achieving the ultimate goal can be difficult, laborious, and costly. If so, how can we maintain our will?
The first thing to do is to achieve what we really want, and in the face of this response we must not lose sight of our objectives, who knows how to wait has the ability to use their will without haste to reap the rewards and work. difficult to achieve their goals.
The real purpose of the will is to win over ourselves
As we said earlier, willpower is like a muscle that can be trained, but how do you do it?Here are some suggestions:
The will requires gradual and progressive learning, through repeated actions in time: we fight, we fall and we get up. It’s a training that takes a lot of effort at first, but you get used to it and don’t get overwhelmed.
One of the most important things is to realize that the benefits, in most cases, are not obtained immediately, the path to our personal project can be long, freedom of decision and counter-obstacles will allow us to reach the top of our development.
Motivation must be our main driver; provides the strength to act. It is important to know clearly what you want and have well-defined goals so that you can move in the right direction. Keep in mind that we sow a seed, which must be maintained to grow healthy and bear good fruit in the future, in this way we know each other better, persevere and develop our will.
It is very important to balance the relationship between the proposed actions and the objectives, to seek harmony between purposes and means, to know our strengths and weaknesses and to develop strategies to make wise use of our capabilities and limitations.
Remember that this educational process of will does not end and is always evolving, because life continually surprises us with unexpected situations that force us to change the course of our personal history.
Finally, if at some point we feel that we have no will, we can try to find reason.
Are you doing something you really want?You think you can do that?
With these questions we can go to the heart of our unwillingness and discover the true causes behind it, if we do not pay the necessary attention, our thinking and beliefs can limit us and we will not be able to achieve our goals.