A Must Read About WILLPOWER
I came across this study that was pretty amazing about willpower.
It started off that willpower use to be classified as a skill that people were born with. There was a study done with 4 year olds that was conducted by telling the children they could have a single marshmallow now or if they waited a 15 minutes they could multiple marshmallows. About 30% of the children were able wait. Years later the researchers checked on how everyone was doing in their lives. The top 30% scored on average over 200 points higher on the SATs then the rest of the test students and were generally all around more successful and happy. The conclusion at that time was that it was a skill that you were born with or weren't not.
Years later, Stanford researches came across this study and wanted to test it in a different way. They took hundreds of adults and put them in a small room with a table that had a bowl of warm melting chocolate cookies and another bowl of radishes. They told everyone the test was of taste perception. Then they had half the group eats only radishes and the other half eat only the delicious cookies. Then the researchers told the test students they would be back in 15 minutes. They came back after the cookie eaters got to enjoy the sweet snack and radish eaters endured the painful task of trying to ignore the cookies and force the radishes down. Then they issued another test. The test was a very complicated maze. The researchers told the students to ring the bell once they finish the puzzle or give up. Then the researches then again left the room. The maze was impossible. The students who were allowed to eat the delicious cookies put in about 20 minutes before they rang the bell while on the other hand the radish eaters who had to fight to not touch the cookies lasted under ten.
So what's the point of the story? Understand that willpower is a muscle.
When applying it to IM, IM is NOT an impossible a maze. It is something that so many other people have figured out and have been living amazing lives.
It's about once you hit a wall or a taxing event to take a break and come back once your willpower muscle is rested and ready for another exercise. Build your willpower muscle up overtime and persistence and keeping a positive attitude about it. Imagine your willpower muscle as any other muscle in your body, like your legs or your arms. The more you work them out, the stronger they become.
So build your willpower muscle and it becomes easier and easier to persist to get to success.
It started off that willpower use to be classified as a skill that people were born with. There was a study done with 4 year olds that was conducted by telling the children they could have a single marshmallow now or if they waited a 15 minutes they could multiple marshmallows. About 30% of the children were able wait. Years later the researchers checked on how everyone was doing in their lives. The top 30% scored on average over 200 points higher on the SATs then the rest of the test students and were generally all around more successful and happy. The conclusion at that time was that it was a skill that you were born with or weren't not.
Years later, Stanford researches came across this study and wanted to test it in a different way. They took hundreds of adults and put them in a small room with a table that had a bowl of warm melting chocolate cookies and another bowl of radishes. They told everyone the test was of taste perception. Then they had half the group eats only radishes and the other half eat only the delicious cookies. Then the researchers told the test students they would be back in 15 minutes. They came back after the cookie eaters got to enjoy the sweet snack and radish eaters endured the painful task of trying to ignore the cookies and force the radishes down. Then they issued another test. The test was a very complicated maze. The researchers told the students to ring the bell once they finish the puzzle or give up. Then the researches then again left the room. The maze was impossible. The students who were allowed to eat the delicious cookies put in about 20 minutes before they rang the bell while on the other hand the radish eaters who had to fight to not touch the cookies lasted under ten.
So what's the point of the story? Understand that willpower is a muscle.
When applying it to IM, IM is NOT an impossible a maze. It is something that so many other people have figured out and have been living amazing lives.
It's about once you hit a wall or a taxing event to take a break and come back once your willpower muscle is rested and ready for another exercise. Build your willpower muscle up overtime and persistence and keeping a positive attitude about it. Imagine your willpower muscle as any other muscle in your body, like your legs or your arms. The more you work them out, the stronger they become.
So build your willpower muscle and it becomes easier and easier to persist to get to success.
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