Willpower

                                     

Willpower in my definition is never giving up on your goals and dreams and sticking it to the end. The amount of effort and dedication you put into anything will show and the hard work will pay off. A good mindset and mentality play a huge role in willpower because having a good mentality helps you stay focused on what you want to accomplish in your life. A good mindset also helps you be open to any obstacle that goes your way. It’s easy for your mindset to shatter if you let the negative thoughts get to you. Therefore leading you to give up or think you aren’t able to complete your current goal. One tip to avoid your mindset going negative is to take one task at a time so you don’t feel burnt out doing everything at once. For example, if an individual does everything at once they feel overwhelmed with the amount of work which can lead to unwanted stress and anxiety. Despite this individual putting so much work on their shoulders, it’s doable because the work can be completed through perseverance and patience.

    Patience represents a crucial role in willpower because an individual must be patient. After all, success doesn’t come flying through the door. Success takes time to reach your final destination because many obstacles along the way will be a roadblock. An individual that has patience has strong willpower because they are capable of waiting to become successful compared to an individual that lacks patience and demands everything to come right away and not put any work in. For example, an individual works out consistently at a gym or home but doesn’t see any progress so this individual gets impatient. This individual asked himself/herself “why do I not see any progress when I have worked out every single day.” This indicates that this individual doesn’t know that it takes time for progress to be shown. A lesson absorbed from this is working out is a grinding process and not something that is done quickly so this individual must work hard and be patient.  

An individual that worked a job for so many years that made them feel burnt out or unappreciated and thought about quitting but didn’t have strong willpower because they were able to persevere through the rough patches and be extremely patient. It’s definitely hard to keep working at a job that makes you feel angry, unappreciated, and burnt out, but we kept going because of the goals that we want to achieve. It’s these goals that keep you going and motivated to preserve through the suffering since at the end of the road your hard work will truly pay off tenfold. 

To sum up the points stated above it doesn’t matter if you have weak or strong willpower because at the end of the day you tried your best to accomplish what you want to do despite all the setbacks you encountered. It’s the friends you meet that make the journey worth it because they motivate you, reassure you, and push you to your limits. Although your willpower to preserve through it all made it all possible. It’s important to have a good mindset and patience because you are open to change, making mistakes, and learning that everything in this world takes time. 

“Never let other people’s success affect your success because your time will come too so don’t let their success get to your head.”