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The Trouble with Willpower
Willpower needs an enemy to overcome before it reaches its goal. It tries to be tough and, like most toughies, it becomes a cream puff when the going gets rocky. There is a gentler, easier way to shuck bad habits—imagination. Imagination seizes directly on the goal; it gets what it wants.
from The Silva Mind Control Method by José Silva
- Willfulness
When we’re stubborn and inflexible about getting what we want and need, that’s willfulness. Instead of thinking about what’s possible or realistic, we try to bend reality to our will. And it’s kind of like arm wrestling with the whole universe.
Willingness
When we’re willing, we accept where we’re at right now and what it’s going to take ... See moreB. May added