Where Does Will Come From?

We all have dreams.  But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. – Jesse Owens And how clear are they? These “dreams?” If you have goals, then you’ve (actually) clarified your dreams. If not, your dreams are in danger of becoming fantasies. (And…

It’s not your fault though. There are two reasons why it can be (very) hard to change, start or not do something: will-power is a finite resource and scarce within each day in-the-moment awareness is required to exert will-power Once your will-power is gone on any given day, it’s hard to do something hard (or to not do something……

To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, it’s hard to be successful when you’re confused. *  *  * Get clear on what you want and pattern of actions required to create what you want. Act each and every day, always looking for what works and what doesn’t. Improve your actions until your reach desired state.

Is desire some thing beyond our control, or even influence? Something that arises from the ether of its own accord shrouded in mystery? It’s fair to say that we understand the need to create plans to make our desires real – that we need to be intentional and deliberate in order to make what we want…

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. – Andrew Carnegie Recently I wrote: Talk is cheap, but action is priceless. What we say (/think) matters to what we do, but what do is what really matters. What are you doing, that doesn’t serve you?…

The world is full of people who want to change, who say they need to change, but remain stuck.* I look at one of those people in the mirror every day.                   The above chart illustrates someone who says his Ideal Weight is one number and, yet,…