How to exercise your will

I don't know where to start, but the experience of a successful person below may impress you!

When I was in college, my English professor told me that the secret of learning English well was to keep studying 10 minutes every day. I didn't think so at the time. I think if I only study 10 minutes of English every day, when can I speak fluent English? ! However, as time goes on, I feel more and more that there is a simple truth in this sentence. I find that most people will make an ambitious plan for themselves at the beginning of learning English. However, their enthusiasm soon faded. From 4 hours a day, to 3 hours, 2 hours, 1 hour, and finally, it often develops to a few months without reading a word of English. Up to now, I really haven't met anyone who can keep watching English 10 minutes every day.

In life, we always have something we always want to do, but we just don't stick to it. For example: learning foreign languages, doing sports, writing books, losing weight, learning computers and so on. We have to admit that most people are not strong in willpower. However, willpower is an important guarantee of success. The reason why we can't persist is because our brains have resisted doing such things from the beginning. Doing the same thing all the year round, our brain's first reaction is to escape.

I have been planning to write a book since 2004, but the progress has been slow. The reason is that although I set myself a standard: write more than 2000 words every day, I didn't insist. Finally, one day, I began to reflect on my behavior. I found that I had been avoiding writing books. Every time I think about writing a book, I feel miserable. It's really boring to see yourself crawling around in front of your desk. For me, this is far less harmonious and pleasant than reading a book alone or speaking in front of people. So I always make excuses for myself, for example, I have been preparing this or that lecture and training recently, and I have no time to write a book.

I want to learn English. So I made a new decision. No matter how busy I am every day, I will insist on writing a book for one minute. A miracle happened! When I input this new instruction into my brain, my brain felt more relaxed and happy than ever before. Writing a book, which used to be boring, is now extremely easy. I can hear myself saying to myself, "Isn't it a minute!" Since I have made this decision for myself, no matter how busy I am, even if I am on a business trip to give lectures in other places, I will definitely turn on my laptop and write for one minute before going to bed (in fact, it is often far more than one minute). As a result, my progress in writing a book suddenly accelerated.

When I did this, I found another benefit: my heart became more positive and self-affirming. The original guilt disappeared. I began to believe that I am a person with willpower. I will keep my word.

Imagine that you always want to do what you know you should do, but you don't want to do it, or you repeatedly find excuses to escape. Whether it's losing weight, doing exercise, reading a book, learning a new skill … Now, make a new goal and stick to it for one minute every day. Experience the difference in inner feelings. Psychologist Freud said: People always pursue happiness and avoid pain. When your brain hears that the task is to persist for one minute, it will feel that this is a very easy thing to achieve. After all, a minute has passed in the blink of an eye. The expected pain relief will give us more motivation to take action. When you take action, your brain will have a very positive affirmation of yourself, and this kind of self-affirmation will continue to happen and can go deep into our subconscious. I believe that I am a person with action and willpower.

So, the change starts in one minute!

Author: Wu was praised by the media as the top business coach in China, the guest speaker of Oriental Forum, a well-known column of Shanghai Oriental TV Station, the guest speaker of recruitment HRA in Zhilian, the guest speaker of South Lake Forum in Zhejiang, the special lecturer of EMBA class of Nanjing University, and the member of European and American Alumni Association Business Branch. He has served as a middle and senior leader in many companies, such as British MOBILEMINX Company and Alibaba (China) Company. Accept it many times? Financial Times? 、? Jiang Shen Herald? 、? Morning news? 、? Jiefang Daily? Interviewed by reporters such as Shanghai Radio and SH magazine. MBA from Aston University, UK. Richard Bandler, the founder of NLP psychology, personally awarded the license as the first NLP tutor registered by the International NLP Association in China. International organizations such as Nokia, Zhongcui Coca-Cola and Blue Fox have specially hired executive coaches.

Editor: If a person wants to be successful, he should associate more with successful people. If you spend one minute studying every day from today, you will soon become an outstanding person!