Do you really want to improve your willpower?
Willpower, Self-control, and Self-discipline are the virtue of being able to control emotions, behavior, and gratification with the use of motivation. As simple as it may sound, willpower and self-control have an incredible impact in a person's life. It affects all aspects in a person such as discipline, responsibility, productivity, morality, and basically everything else. Willpower is the key factor that determines the quality and length of a person's life. So, you'll want to pay attention!
A person's decisions are influenced by two things; rational thoughts, and primitive thoughts. The rational thoughts are processed in the pre-frontal cortex, while primitive thoughts or reactions are processed in the ventral striatum. This means that the ability to think logically and analyze situations more intelligently is the effects of rational thinking, while impulsive reactions based on instincts and desires are the effects of primitive thinking.
Many psychologists characterize the term "willpower" or self-control in very distinct ways. It is defined as your ability to resist short-term temptations in order to achieve long-term goals; your capacity to delay gratification; your ability to override any unwanted thought; and your ability to have a "cool" or "calm" cognitive system of behavior rather than having an emotionally "hot" system.
Willpower is your ability to hold back any desire or impulsive actions that will have effects on you in the future.
This book cover:
- What willpower is and why is it matters?
- The science of self-discipline and self-control
- Build routines and habits for ultimate self-discipline
- Characteristic of mental toughness
- Developing mental toughness
- Common willpower obstacles and how to overcome them
- Further tips on how to strengthen your willpower
- Doing the right thing - tools of willpower
- Willpower strengthening
- Managing your failures and setbacks
- Using your willpower
- How most people screw up their daily willpower levels
- Preserve your existing willpower through these small changes
- How to improve your willpower
- How do successful people regain and keep their willpower?
- 5 steps to help you regain your willpower
- Growing your willpower: visualization and mindfulness
...And much more
Willpower is finite and limited. It is a depletable resource that gets used up in action. Remember, when we defined that willpower is the fuel of self-control? Willpower is the fuel that gets "burned" when self-control is in action. Every act of self-control uses up some of your willpower reserves.