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How To Develop Your Will Power
Developing your will
power is directly related to your success in life. No
one can over-estimate the power of your will to do.
Most people do not fail because of a
lack of education. History is filled with uneducated
or poorly educated millionaires who didn't let this
supposed shortcoming hold them back. On the contrary,
what they may have lacked in education was obliterated
by their overpowering will to succeed, no matter how
many times they failed along the way.
It is the lack of determination and
will power that is the true reason so many people fail.
Just as an athlete trains for a physical game that takes
concentrated effort, the mind must be trained with the
proper skills to win in life.
The process of obtaining this self-mastery
-- the complete command of your mind's powers -- is
a gradual one. It involves determination and the daily
task of making it a habit. Once you have self-mastery,
the cost of obtaining it will bring a real sense of
accomplishment and a realization how minimal the cost
really was in the long run.
You don't need to be a genius to succeed
-- just make yourself do the thing you need to do when
it has to get done, whether you like it or not. This
is one of the best lessons you can learn.
When Henry Ward Beecher was asked how
he could accomplish so much more than others, he replied,
"I don't do more, but less than others. They do
all their work three times. Once in anticipation, once
in actuality, and once in rumination. I do mine in actuality
alone, so I end up doing things just once."
Beecher could concentrate his mind on
what he was doing at a given moment. Then he'd go do
something else and concentrate on his new task. One
of the secrets of a successful life is the ability to
focus all of our energies on one thing at a time.
Don't waste time worrying as it only
crowds your thoughts with worthless clutter. Focus on
what you're doing when you're doing it, and stop worry
before it stops you. Worry is an energy vampire. It
reduces your chances for success and it can make life
miserable for those around you.
Learning to focus your efforts is the
only way you will achieve the success you're capable
of achieving. The earlier in life you learn this simple
fact, the more likely you will overcome everything that
slows you down and prevents you from reaching true success
in everything you do.
Here's a recipe for a wasted life --
just go about every day trying to do too many things
all at once. Splitting yourself up into a hundred little
parts leads to nowhere.
Yes, there are some people who like
to juggle a number of tasks, and they may be good at
it, but for most of us the need to concentrate on one
task at a time is imperative to getting the job done.
It's not the amount of work you get done in a day or
week or even a year, but it's your persistence in constantly
moving forward that will get you where you want to go.
Keep at it! And remember ...
Focus, Focus, Focus.
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