Achieving success invariably depends on willpower, your ability to continue moving forward towards your goals despite hardships, limitations, fears, obstacles and setbacks.
Willpower is the inner strength and initiative needed to overcome feelings that tempt you to give up when you feel tired, or to just lose faith and motivation to reach your goal.
To succeed in your endeavors, you will need to have the inner resources that can call forth the extra effort, staying power and determination needed to push you forward and to keep you striving towards your goals, despite having doubts and reservations.
“The germ of success in whatever you want to accomplish is in your will power.” (Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian Hindu monk, meditation guru)
“The successful person has formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do. Successful people don’t like doing them either, necessarily. But their dislike is subordinated by the strength of their purpose.” (Stephen Covey, American author, motivational speaker)
“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.” (Brian Tracy, Canadian-American motivational speaker, author)
Getting Personal
How do you rate yourself regarding your willpower, in general, on a scale of (1-10, 10 the highest), in terms of your past experiences? (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10)
If you scored less than 8, is that something you would like to improve in the future? Why or why not?
