Adversity - the mother of invention:

Handling setbacks through will power

Dr. K. Kuhathasan CEO CENLEAD

Will power is the starting point of all achievements. Will power is the only antidote for failure. Will power is the element which transforms ordinary people into extraordinary people.

Thomas Edison who dreamt of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream in action and despite more than a thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a reality. People with strong will power do not quit.

People with will power believe in their capacity to succeed. They take risks and see difficult tasks as challenges rather than threats. They are prepared to persevere when things are not going right and the experience of failure does not demotivate them.

When you study the people of great achievements, you will find that the power of the will, organised and persistently applied, is the dominating factor for their success. Also, you will find that successful people commit themselves to a stricter system of self-discipline.

Self-discipline

Self-discipline cannot be had for the mere asking, nor can it be acquired quickly. It is the product of carefully established and maintained habits, which in many instances can be acquired only by many years of painstaking effort. We have come to the point at which the power of the will must be brought into action, for self-discipline is solely a product of the will.

We need will power to overcome any hurdle. We need will power to make a difficult decision and to carry it out to its logical conclusion.

We need an inner strength, a sort of attitude that makes us believe in our potential and builds confidence to confront any challenge and to keep going.

Quite often you hear people say. "Oh, I just did not muster enough will power." Will power is not a quality or a trait of character we are born with. It is a skill that can be developed, strengthened and directed to help you towards your objective or goal.

According to psychologists, will power helps people to break habits and their negative attitude. People can change their lives by controlling their impulses and actions.

A strong will becomes stronger each time it tastes success. If you successfully develop the will power to get rid of a negative attitude or a bad habit, you gain confidence to face other challenges.

Discipline and will power

There are 168 hours in a week. Discipline and mental toughness ensure that this time is well spent and your work retains the balance of physical fitness, mental conditioning, character-building, professional pursuits, social activities and pure adventure that will foster its greatness.

Most importantly, the development of discipline ensures that you are always focused on your goals and moving powerfully and consistently towards them.

Erasmus said, "a nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit." The heart of discipline is indeed habit.

Discipline and will power, like the biceps, are muscles to be conditioned and built.

Success in any endeavour requires to be conditioned and built. Success in any endeavour requires a focused mind and regular application. Without the power that discipline brings, no dream can be realized.

Without will power, you become a victim to the evils of procrastination and laziness.

The most important initial ingredients of self-mastery and excellence are discipline and will power. With them, you will have taken the first step to success. They are qualities that ensure your success. With discipline and mental persistence, you will find the means to your ends.

You will have the personal toughness to apply the principle of Kaizen and to develop yourself to reach your goals. Discipline allows you to develop yourself to reach your goals.

Strength

Discipline leads you to excellence. Program daily to unleash the sleeping potential in you.

It provides you with the character and strength to avoid watching television and other time wasting activities in favour those that will truly make a lasting difference.

Discipline and will power allow you to ensure that things which matter most are never at the mercy of those that matter the least.

Discipline and will power take you to the highest level of excellence and though it might seem difficult to develop at the outset, once these muscles are consistently exercised into a habit, stunning results appear and one-time hard tasks become easy.

With discipline you can raise your standards of physical fitness, tap into amazing reserve of knowledge, start and complete major tasks, control your diet, triple your energy level, build your character to achieve a more fulfilling life and enhance your personal relations.

Discipline will shape the tremendously important habit of mind control and positive thinking and free you from worry.

Discipline will dramatically improve your confidence levels and your productivity as you start to put first things first.

Discipline and will power will make you a success. Cultivate them and treat them as your golden gifts.

Use your will

The secret to conditioning your discipline - will power muscles is incredibly simple: use them or lose them! Nature is consistent in its principles. To increase you biceps, exert them and push them to the limit regularly. Soon they will grow stronger. Exert and push your memory to remember more, it too will grow strong.

Exert and push your imagination. Visualize the perfect you and feel that you are that person. You will soon grow strong and become that image. This is the way of your discipline will power muscles too. The key is to push them and exert them. They will definitely blossom beyond your expectations.

Make a start

It can thus be seen that will power is essential and indispensable. Will power automatically imbibes one with confidence and enthusiasm. It enables one to visualise positive goals and definite objectives and work for them with patience, perseverance and determination.

With will power, you will gain enormous inner strength. You will be fortified with a strong will power and sustained enthusiasm.

Will power will inject you with tremendous courage and will enable you to take reasonable risks with pluck and promptitude.

You will be able to take firm decisions without hesitation, vacillation and mental reservations. You will be very confident of achievements and go ahead to achieve your goals with determination.

Make a start. Focus your attention diverted on the objective. Have faith and start moving. Chart your route, get going and keep going. Be certain that each day you cover ceratin ground, advance some distance and make some progress.

Never mind if the progress is slow. But ensure it is steady. Press on. Overcome the rocky steps. Climb boldly over the arch. Face the issues and master them with determination, courage, boldness and will power!

You will be a winner! You will be an achiever! You will be crowned with success! May you be successful in all your efforts!