Willpower is the ability of a person to act on the basis of not momentary desires, but guided by reasonable planning. To develop willpower, you need to fight your impulses, weaknesses, emotions, habits and fears.
Instructions
Step 1
Willpower is necessary for a person, but it is not present in him from birth, but develops throughout life. Willpower can be compared to the voice of reason, prompting a person that for the sake of high achievements it is necessary to give up some of the desires of the body. If your volitional effort is enough to give up junk food, cigarettes, alcohol, idle pastime, you will become healthier, more beautiful, more successful and happier.
Step 2
A well-developed willpower makes a person more purposeful, helps him to win in all endeavors and not fall into the slavery of the needs of the body and instincts. In some cases, a person feels that his weakness is leading to problems, but he does not have the courage to say no to his weaknesses. Such people should know that willpower can be developed.
Step 3
Start developing willpower from the lightest. If you immediately try to start living by all the rules, you will most likely fail. Assess your capabilities adequately and act, and not from Monday, but right from the current day. Start, for example, to devote 5 minutes daily to morning exercises. Or cut back on fast food snacks to 2 times a week. Start small and then gradually introduce new rules into your life.
Step 4
Reward yourself in those cases when you managed to make a volitional effort, punish - if you indulged your laziness or bad habits. Encouragement and punishment must be beneficial: i.e. Reward yourself not with a cigarette and cake, but with going to the movies, punishing yourself with an unscheduled run, cleaning, etc.
Step 5
Observe the daily routine. It will be difficult for you to get up on time at first, but after a while you will get used to it. Developing your will is like building your muscles - the more you discipline yourself, the stronger your will will be.
Step 6
Train yourself to plan things and follow your plans. Make daily, weekly, monthly plans and stick to them carefully. To avoid the temptation to give up, use flexible planning. For example, plan to do 3 runs per week and run on the days that suit you.
Step 7
Stop procrastinating. Act through force, through “I don’t want to”. And remember that the longer you put off things you don't love, the harder it is to do them. And the load of unfinished business puts a lot of pressure on the psyche and lowers your self-esteem.
