Lack of Will Power !

We all want to accomplish things we desire; we want to convert our dreams in reality. Someone wants to reduce his/her weight but not able to start exercising or not able to control food intake. Someone other wants to write an article, but could not manage to sit for that.

We find that the reason behind our failures is because of lack of our WILL POWER. Incidentally we find ourselves frequently talking about WILL POWER which either we are lacking or someone else is having. We never find ourselves talking about the WILL POWER as our personal trait, why?

Ok, let’s first discuss what will power is?

Refer any dictionary and you find the meaning of WILL POWER as the power to make conscious choices, decisions & intentions which can be persistent too.

So why it happens that we do not find WILL POWER when we are talking about ourselves and it always find in others only?

The reason is very simple; in reality there is no as such thing like WILL POWER. When we want to do something and not able to do that, we make an excuse of not having WILL POWER.

Let me share a small story with you. One gentleman went to a renowned saint and asked for help. His problem was very common, it’s everyone’s problem in some way.

The conversation was like this:

The man: “Sir, I do not love my wife anymore and our married life is boring now. Please advise me what I should do?”

The Saint: “it’s simple, start loving your wife.”

The man: “Sir, that is the basic problem, I do not love my wife anymore”

The Saint: “That’s why I am telling you to start loving your wife.”

That is the common mistake which the man did and we all are also doing in our lives. Love is not a noun, which we have to do; it’s a verb, which we have to act. Saint explained to that gentleman that the problem itself was the solution.

So in our life too either we are taking action about something or complaining about something. When we are taking action our focus is on our actions and we never think about any kind of WILL POWER existence.

It is always when we are complaining we recognize the WILL POWER and as a excuse find our self lacking it and always find it in others only.

Ok now look again at dictionary meaning of WILL POWER – it’s the power to make conscious choices, decisions & intentions which can be persistent too.

So now onwards it is better to stop making excuses i.e. stop talking about WILL POWER and start concentrating on our conscious choices about our actions which can fetch us desired results. Amen !!!

Amit Bhatnagar
Chief Mentor of Amogh Foundation & Renowned Coach of Emotional Intelligence.
email: amitbhatnagar@amoghfoundation.org
Website: www.amoghfoundation.org