Incredible You! - Training Your Willpower - Become A Stronger Person II
In the last article we looked at the anatomy of willpower and how it related to your comfort zone. We established that the size of your comfort zone is directly relatable to the strength of your willpower.
So now let us look at how we can increase the size of your willpower and thus the overall strength of your willpower.
Pushing The Zone
So we have established that willpower is the ability to operate outside of your comfort zone, and that the size of your zone grows with time. Then it only makes sense that if you are able to carry on growing the size of that zone, it will be easier to do hard things.
So the question is how do you do such a thing; can you create a comfort zone that is so big that it grows to encompass things that you previously found uncomfortable?
The answer to that question is a resounding yes!
So going back to the newborn baby analogy we used in the last article, when it is first born it has to eat every half an hour or less. As it stomach grows it can go longer and longer without food, until it reaches adolescence whereby it can go hours without food.
In other words the time it is comfortable without food has grown as its stomach has; so how do we recreate this in our lives?
Your comfort zone is multifaceted, because during the course of your life you take part in activities more varied than simply eating, so let's take a look at some of those activities and how they are related to your comfort zone.
Cold Turkey
How warm do you like your bath or shower? Whatever the temperature is, it perfectly reflects your comfort zone in this area.
So if you want to increase your willpower, you have to take that temperature down a notch or two. So next time you have a shower or run a bath, make it a few degrees cooler than you would usually have it.
This will not be a pleasant sensation, at first, however you will soon get used to it. In other words you will have increased the temperature range you feel comfortable in.
Repeat this until you get all the way to a cold shower or a freezing cold bath. If you're anything like most people, that will sound horrible to you, however this is essential if you want to increase your willpower.
Hunger Games
Most people have two to three meals per day, a lot of us (particularly in the Western world) tend to snack between mealtimes, immediately reacting to our hunger pangs.
This habit, coupled with a lack of exercise is why around 61% of America and 59% of Europe are overweight*. It has nothing to do with under active thyroids or genetics, it is simply too much food and not enough activity.
Put another way, if you live in the United States or Europe, the chances are, that you are eating too much food, and can therefore ignore most of the hunger pangs you get throughout the day.
So if you want to increase your willpower, then it only stands to reason that you should ignore most of the pangs you get.
Next time you get a pang, instead of reaching for that cake bar, or even bit of fruit, simply don't. Also resolve to yourself that once a week, you will not eat anything between the hours of 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. Making sure that you do not stuff yourself before or after those times, and simply eat normally.
*WHO report 2014.
End Of Part One
Hunger and exposure to cold temperatures represent the first two parts of your training. By increasing your resistance to these two stimuli, you will grow the size of your comfort zone, whilst at the same time improve your ability to operate outside it.
As we continue through this series we will look at other parts of the zone and how we can create an iron will within you. Making sure that you have the ability to push yourself further than you ever thought before, and to become the Incredible You! that you know you can.
WHAT DO YOU THINK; ARE THERE ANY OTHER AREAS OF YOUR LIFE WHEREBY YOU CAN PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE FURTHER? WHAT WAS THE LAST HARD THING YOU DID; OR HAVE YOU EVER DONE ANYTHING DIFFICULT?
AS EVER, LET ME KNOW BELOW!
Incredible You! - The Anatomy Of Willpower - Become A Stronger Person
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My issue is food and sleep...(face covered). I eat and sleep too much, but that was then anyway. I've been working so hard to control it for the past three months and now I am perfecting it.
I don't play with either some months ago, but I even forget to it now and I sleep late most timesand wake up as early as possible... Lol
It works if we can be dedicated to it, you can't achieve the result in a single day or with a single trier, you have to be consistent...
Thanks dear friend, hoping to see the next one.
The other name of will will be of interest. And the opposite name of will power is disappointment. An event in my life When I took an exam, I was very sick. If you were saying everybody in the house, if you did not take the examination, then the good mark would not have passed the words of far and doing. But then my will was keen that I was able to pass 4.83 GPA out of 5 GPA. Everyone in the house was very happy
So i will say
"If there is a will, then there is a way". But in many cases, it is a really difficult thing to have the desire to work properly and to keep that wish in the end. Want to know the way to save energy and how to increase it?
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If the power of desire prevails, there is no such thing that people can do. If you can learn some techniques, it is possible to increase and maintain willpower. As-- 1. Think positive. 2. Without real thought, you have to be realistic. 3. Meditation will give guidance to your brain (brain). Regular meditation concentrates, energy strength increases. . 4. If there is a slight change in movement or a change in general practice, it will increase the willpower many times. 5. When the body exercises every day, the body feels light and nutritious, it comes to work enthusiasm. It increases self-confidence and will power. 6. Sugar-related foods help to increase the energy energy. But it should be adjusted so that our blood sugar lacks or is not seen. . 7. Attention increases if one works by doing a lot without working. It is easy to concentrate on the mind. As a result of this process a little practice every day will increase.9. Have enough sleep and rest If you do not feel like sleeping then there is a pressure in the brain. The body can not make glucose if it does not have enough rest, so force or strength of mind can not work properly as long as the brain does not get enough energy. 10. Never be frustrated, any work that can be very difficult but not impossible.
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With consistent practice, we will get bettter at using our willpower but when we don't attempt to use it, we will only weaken it.
Exposure to cold temperatures is not always possible, because of the climatic conditions we live. Hunger is a good try.
You don't have access to cold water?
Cg
It's normal water, not chilled. We get it chilled only in the Winter, when the temperature goes down.
Hmm, tough one, do you have a river or lake near you that is cold? Is it easy to get access to ice?
If not, you may have to wait until winter to start this exercise! :-)
Cg
No chance of ICE at any time, but yes, during winter we will get chilled water and give it a try.
True about the cold. Happens every time I get in the lake to jet ski. At first the water feels freezing, but in time it becomes almost normal and before long you dont even notice it.
That is one terrifying looking hobby that I have always wanted to try! You're probably too fixated on staying alive to worry about a little cold! :-D
Cg