“You Don’t Find Willpower”
All of us likes to think that we possess tremendous amounts of the quality I like to refer to as “WANT TO.” I can testify to the world that most of us possess little to no “WANT TO.” The basic things that drive all of us humans gets us out of bed in the morning and sets us on our way. Those basic things are, a full bladder, hunger, new found energy due to a great night’s sleep etc. However, when it comes to generating drive and energy that is focused on something we want to accomplish we have to “CREATE IT.”
When I wake up in the morning I take a few minutes to bring to mind the thing that is most important to me today. For me, it is bodybuilding and training. I don’t have to dig deep to get the “WANT TO” to get up, get going, get organized and get out the door. But, there are days that it is very hard to generate enough “WILLPOWER” due to illness, injury, fatigue, or some other distraction. It is on these days that I have to “CREATE” my own “WILLPOWER” because the natural type is just not there.
We have to remember that nothing that you want is easily gotten and rarely is something worth having is won without a fight. When we laser on that which we desire it takes herculean effort to attain it.
I know I’m preaching to the choir here but it is good to bring all this into focus again.
This year I believe I can be the best I have ever been. But, in order to be that better person I have to not wait for a sign from heaven. I set the pace. I set the goal. I establish the required discipline to win. To be better is not a passive miracle. It is attained by self mastery aimed at driving ourselves to the brink of exhaustion to win.
IN SUMMARY, I CREATE MY OWN MOTIVATION! I don’t waste my time searching for motivation.
Until next time, I remain, Douglas E. Graham, Lt Col, USAF, (ret), MHSM
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