Power of will is required: when you make choices, particularly when short-term gain and long-term gain are in contest with one another; when you want to focus on a thing, especially when you are not attracted to that thing or you don`t find it interesting; when you want to relax, lower your pulse, lower your blood pressure, or control your body language; when you want to daydream [and you want to know you are doing it]; when you want to 'get present' and 'be in the now'; when you want to meditate.
Will to power is the innate force that causes us to want to vent our strengths.
When power of will and will to power are aligned...that`s mastery.
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rick baker ·
"Nothing can withstand the power of the human will if it is willing to stake its very existence to the extent of its purpose." Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman & Prime Minister, (1804-1881)
rick baker ·
"Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much." John Ortberg, American Author
rick baker ·
"The will is the keystone in the arch of human achievement. It is the culmination of our complex mental faculties. It is the power that rules minds, men and nations." Thomas Parker Boyd, American Pastor (1865-1936)
rick baker ·
"The education of the will is the object of our existence." Ralph Waldo Emerson American Essayist & Philosopher(1803-1882)
rick baker ·
"Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves." Johann von Goethe, German Writer, Politician, & Philosopher (1749-1832)
rick baker ·
"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach (1913-1970)
rick baker ·
"Will and intellect are one and the same." Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher (1632-1677)
rick baker ·
4 uses of willpower: 1. control of thought 2. control of emotions [psychologists call it affect regulation when it is focused on mood] 3. control of reactions to impulse 4. performance control Baumeister & Tierney 'Willpower’, (2011)