What are your thoughts on "When you want to change, strategies are more helpful than will power.?
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Re: What are your thoughts on "When you want to change, strategies are more helpful than will power.?
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On the other hand, if you have strong willpower but no strategy. You won't know in which direction to go. And as we all know 'direction is more important than speed'. Therefore a combination of both willpower & strategy is required for change.
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Willing to do something and actually taking steps to do something are entirely different things. However, they're both essential steps in the right direction. There are people whose hearts burn to do something but they have too much inertia to make a move. And there are others who just make a move without any forethought or planning and no internal resolve to be committed. Such people tend to burn out almost as quickly as they started. So yes, when you want to change, you need strategy/plan, but you also need staying power while carrying out said strategy, and that's where the will comes in.DANAWEB wrote: ↑09 May 2021, 08:27 For me one of the most important points put forward by the author in this book is "When you want to change, strategies are more helpful than will power."
I find this true in every aspect, whether it is about our personal lives or about our career, or even in the work place scenarios.
When we consider our careers, everyone of us do want to make a move to another career or another work place at some point. However, unable to have a clear plan or a step by step approach as to what needs to be done on a consistent basis in order to succeed the chosen path.
Most of us has the will power, however we will not be successful if we do not have a clear strategy to follow our dream.
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I agree with you, when we loose momentum our motivation seems to be running out. Therefore having a plan we stick to even during times of un motivation, allow us to not diverge from the path we set up for our goal.Mindful Wordsmith wrote: ↑09 May 2021, 22:16 I think the author is right is when he says that strategies are more helpful than will power. It's because will power will last only until we do something that interests us and can keep us motivated. And thus, he asks us to establish some powerful but pragmatic morning routines. By doing this, we supply the necessary momentum to our will power to stay focused. Remember, will power is like stamina or physical strength. It's a resource that gets depleted over the course of the day. Just like how eating nutritious and balanced meals is imperative to a healthy body, so are strategies to our will power.
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In "Grit: How to keep going when you want to give up" the author Martin Meadow's explains the importance of establishing, a consistent routine. How to use ques and rewards to keep performing tasks till they become habits, highlighting the important role strategy plays in one's self-help journey. He further elaborates that willpower is beneficial in getting us through the tough times or what he refers to as "the dip". Therefore, it can be summarised that to initiate change in our lives and maintain it, strategy is key. However, willpower is of value when we reach sticking points to push us toward our goal.
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It is helped when you wavering sticking through to see the end result of a descision yoy made but when it comes to stuff like controlling your desires I often find will power very less helpful them properly planned strategies.
A conditioned body and a mind which is used to schedule is a lot more productive than just sole will power.
Though there might be difference in opinion this is what I believe in.