Is willpower the key to success? Why do we need willpower to succeed? Is willpower enough to be successful in life?
According to American Psychological Association, “Willpower is the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals.”
You need willpower to succeed. Willpower will motivate you to keep going, regardless of what is happening around you. Willpower will help you to focus on what is important in your life. Willpower is a motivator, a protector, and a driver.
The question is, “Is willpower enough to succeed?”
According to Dan Millman, an American author, Said, “Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt, or fear.”
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Willpower will:
Help you stay in the ring, no matter what
Help you to fight procrastination, doubt, and/or fear. But willpower is not enough to get you to the finish line. Willpower will help you prepare for what you want to accomplish in life, but action will get the job done.
Willpower will make you successful if you add hard work. If you want your willpower to make a difference in your life, you MUST work hard. Nobody succeeds without hard and smart work.
Willpower will make you successful if you work hard to make your dream a reality.
Successful people know something that unsuccessful people don’t know
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In the words of Colin Powell, “There are no secrets to success. It is a result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Success is not about material possessions. Success is about you and how you conduct yourself. How you do your daily business. What is success to you is not success to the next guy.
Success comes to those who attract it. If you
attract success, if you do the right things, if you work hard, success will
visit you, too.
The question here is: “Why are some people
successful?”
“Why are others not so successful?” What are the
secrets?
Is there any secret to success? If there is, how
can we find it?
What is it that the successful people know that the rest of us are missing? What did they do that made them super successful?
Are they doing what the rest of us are doing? Or,
Are they doing something differently that the rest
of us are not paying attention to?
Let us look at some of the things that successful
people are doing right that the rest of us are missing.
Successful
people are courageous.
Successful people are courageous people. They are scared of the unknown, but they never stop pursuing their dreams. They don’t allow fear to stop them from achieving their dreams. They know that without courage, nothing will happen. They look fear in the eye and keep going. They never stop moving.
“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.”- Baltasar Gracian
Successful
people embrace mistakes.
Successful people know that without mistakes they are not going anywhere. When you make mistakes, it shows you are learning. It shows you are progressing. It shows you are doing the right thing. Don’t be scared to make mistakes. It is part of your journey to success. Embrace it. Learn from it. Move on.
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”– Plutarch, Greek Roman biographer
Successful
people know what they want.
Successful people know what they want and how to get it. It is easier to succeed if you know what you want. If you know what you want to achieve in life, it is easier for you to go about achieving it. But if you don’t know, you won’t know how to get it. Know what you want, assess the situation, plan, take action, and measure your progress. If you don’t like your results, change what you are doing.
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.”- Seneca The Younger
Successful
people trust themselves.
Successful people trust themselves, even when they don’t know what they are doing. They believe in themselves. They believe in what they are doing. Success starts with self-belief. If you want to be successful, YOU MUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Self-belief gives you courage, confidence, hope, and determination to pursue your dream. You must believe in yourself if you are to succeed. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will believe in you. No matter what you are going through, don’t make excuses, just believe in yourself, and you will be a victor.
“Trust in what you do, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.”- Natalie Goldberg, Zen practitioner
To be successful, you must do the right thing. You
must work hard and smart. You must look fear in the eye and say, “I am a
winner.”
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