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Developing 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.
Author: Arnel
Ricafranca
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2005
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