Mind - Are You 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.