Willpower: “If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower.” ---- Adolf Hitler

What does “Willpower” mean!!!

Strong self-disciplined determination to do something

5 Exercises to Improve Willpower

1) Drop a small bad habit:

Ø A regular afternoon snack

Ø Pressing the snooze button on the alarm clock

Ø Too many cups of coffee everyday

Ø Adding that extra spoon of sugar

2) Learn something boring but useful:

Ø Most people skip learning important skills simply because doing so is boring

Ø Consider skills like grammar, punctuation, financial literacy, technical skills etc.

3) Do something, you know you should do everyday, for a week:

Ø We all have things we know we should be doing, however aren’t.

Ø Can be regular exercise, household tasks, having one glass of milk or getting up early

4) Set an achievable, but difficult goal:

Ø Give yourself a target to achieve, to be completed within a timeframe.

Ø It can be giving up smoking, reading a particular number of books or losing a certain amount of weight etc.

5) Just do it!

Ø Have a month where you ban yourself from postponing any task, like paying the electricity bill or starting a college assignment

Ø Force yourself to do it, without waiting for even five minutes