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How to strengthen your willpower
How to overcome temptation and distractions
The role of motivation in willpower
Problems Due to Avoidance
If we have something we don't want to tackle or face, we keep ourselves busy and distracted so we can avoid it.
- Avoiding self-care and exercise leads to long-term health problems.
- Avoiding things that need to be done leads to stress.
- Things left uncared for lead to those problems getting worse.
- Our friends and family may think of us as unreliable.
- We lose our self-trust.
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A Transformed Life
Daily practice of something you are avoiding keeps you out of your comfort zone, makes you overcome your fears and helps you finally transform your life.
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Taking on What You’re Avoiding
The way to tackle the work that you have been avoiding:
- Make a list of things you have been avoiding.
- Pick one high-priority thing in the list, and plan to execute it, even if it's a small action.
- Tackle your task as early as possible.
- Fe...
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Effects of Being Uncommitted
Some effects of not being committed:
- We lose trust in ourselves and create a negative self-image.
- We tend to shrink and hide in our comfort zones.
- We lose the trust of our friends and family.
- We see that people don't trust us and fee...
Our Response To Stress
- When we experience a stressful event, different hormones like adrenaline and cortisol are released inside our body, resulting in a fight-or-flight response, and may experience volatility, extreme emotions and brain shutdowns.
- Long-term stress has been linked with all kinds of probl...
The ultimate savior
We tend to see romantic love as the ultimate savor that will overwhelm us with such passion and devotion, that it will take away all of our problems.
When we take care of our partner, we don't pay much attention to ourselves and our needs. We tend to avoid our issues and stop investing in ...
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