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Jun 9, 2013

Will


The most valuable education is that which trains us to do what should be done, when it should be done, 
whether we feel like it or not.
courtesy -APA

All about WP -
  • Willpower can be compared to a muscle that becomes fatigued with overuse. Studies show that repeatedly resisting temptation drains your ability to withstand future enticements.focus only on one accomplishable goal at a time.Simplify to be successful
  •                         people at the low end of the socioeconomic spectrum may be particularly vulnerable to a breakdown of their willpower resources. It’s not that the poor have less willpower than the rich, experts conclude. Rather, for people living in poverty, every decision — even whether to buy soap — requires self control, and dips into their limited pool of willpower. 

  • make yourself do something useful everyday for no other reason than you don’t feel like doing it.In other words, get tough with yourself
  • Research says Beliefs, moods and attitudes affect one’s ability to resist temptation.The effects of willpower depletion may be mitigated by positive moods, beliefs and attitudes.
  • with clear goals, good self-monitoring and a little practice, you can train your willpower to stay strong in the face of temptation
  • When willpower fails, exposure to an emotionally charged stimulus overrides one’s rational, cognitive system, leading to impulsive actions.
  • Willpower depletion has a physical basis. Individuals whose willpower has been depleted have decreased activity in a brain region involved with cognition, and have lower blood-glucose levels than do people whose willpower has not been diminished.Maintaining steady blood-glucose levels, such as by eating regular healthy meals and snacks, may help prevent the effects of willpower depletion.
  • Avoiding temptation and planning ahead are effective tactics for maintaining self-control in the face of temptation.
  • With the right motivation, you may be able to persevere even when your willpower strength has been depleted
  • Just as muscles are strengthened by regular exercise, regularly exerting self-control may improve willpower strength over time
  • Distraction, is actually a perfectly respectable way of exerting willpower. You simply shift your attention away whenever temptation crops up.
  • re-focusing the mind on the long-term implications of the very short-term indulgences
  • Be Accountable to My Future Self - What you do today makes ur tomorrow
  • Meditate -Holding your mind on NOTHING is the most difficult exercise you will ever do

  • Moti.Techniques :
    1. Develop a reasonable goal and a reasonable plan...have reminders .subliminal priming improves goal pursuit
    2. Create a list of reasons why it's important to you to reach your goal, and read this list (even when you don't feel like it) every morning and whenever when you're tempted to deviate from your plan.        
    3. Give yourself credit whenever you engage in behaviors designed to help you reach your goal or avoid behaviors that would steer you away from your goal.
    4. Set up a plan to be accountable (to yourself or to another person or group).
    5. Respond to sabotaging thinking.
    6. Identify obstacles and problem solve in advance.
    7. Prepare for feelings of discouragementdisappointment and deprivation."To work we have the right, but not to the fruits thereof:"
    work just because good will come of it
    1. 8. Decide on how you will reward yourself when you reach sub-goals.
    2. 9. Focus on the experiences you deem "worth it."

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