Having a strong will power is very important to your health and well-being. It’s the ability to resist temptations, control impulses and make choices that are good for you. Will power has become an increasingly popular topic in psychology research as scientists continue to discover more about how it works in our brains and bodies.
Meditate For 5 Minutes
Meditation calms the mind, which makes you more aware of what you’re doing in the moment. It also helps you recognize when you’re making choices that don’t align with your values or goals. This can help prevent impulsive decisions later on down the road! Meditation helps you focus on what you want to achieve, and feel more relaxed and focused. It’s also an excellent tool for improving sleep quality and reducing stress. We recommend starting with 10 minutes a day if that feels overwhelming; eventually work up to 20-30 minutes per day if possible.
Eat Small And A Healthy Snack
One of the easiest ways to boost your willpower is by eating a small, healthy snack before you start your task. A nutrient-rich snack, such as nuts or fruit, may help you maintain your energy levels and keep you focused on a task, research says. In other words, how much and how frequently you eat is more important than what you eat.
If you’re working late at night, don’t go for junk food instead of something nutritious because it’ll only make things worse in the long run. If at all feasible, consider making plans with friends after work so that there aren’t any excuses left for why “it’s too late” to grab dinner with people who care about your health when the clock strikes 5 in the evening!
Practice Positive Affirmations
Positive affirmations are positive statements that you repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your head. They can help improve your confidence and self-esteem, which makes them a great way to build willpower. You can practice positive affirmations by repeating them to yourself when you wake up, before you go to bed and during a quiet moment in the day (like during your morning commute).
Put A Rubber Band On Your Wrist So That It Lightly Snaps Against Your Skin
To kickstart your will power, try this exercise: Put a rubber band on your wrist so that it lightly snaps against your skin. The snapping sound will be mildly painful, but not enough to cause any real damage (and definitely not enough to make you cry). The tapping of the rubber band against your skin should be just uncomfortable enough for you to notice it and keep on working at whatever task is in front of you. When done properly, this simple act can help train your brain to focus on what’s important and remind you not to procrastinate any longer than necessary.
Make Time For Exercise
Exercise is an effective way to strengthen willpower, and it doesn’t have to be difficult. Begin by setting aside 10 minutes each day to walk or jog around the block. If you’re feeling ambitious, try a yoga class or a less demanding kind of exercise. The important thing is to get up and exercise your body in some way, which can be difficult when we spend all day at our desks.
Once you’ve gotten into the habit of exercising every day for 10 minutes, increase your time as much as possible without becoming sore from over-doing it (which is easy to do). I recommend starting with 20 minutes per day if possible; even if this seems like an impossible goal right now, my hope is that after reading this article and implementing some of its suggestions into your life (and seeing how well they work), you’ll feel motivated enough to stick with it until eventually reaching 30 minutes.
Sleep More
You may have heard that sleeplessness is linked to weight gain and other health problems, but what you probably don’t know is that it also weakens our willpower. Why? Because sleep deprivation disrupts how we regulate our emotions and impairs self-control.
In a study published in Science magazine, participants were asked to watch pornographic images for fifty minutes—a task that would be extremely difficult for anyone to resist. Some of the volunteers were allowed to get a good night’s sleep before the experiment, while others had been kept awake all night by being forced to stay up late watching movies on an iPad (a particularly cruel form of torture). The result? Those who had lost their rest showed greater activity in an area of the brain called the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC). This part of our brain helps us control urges and impulses such as binge eating or binge drinking.
The VLPFC sends signals back down through neural pathways into areas like the amygdala and hypothalamus which are responsible for emotions such as anger or fear. When these regions are activated by fatigue they’re much less able to keep our emotions under control—meaning they’re more likely lead us into situations where we end up acting irrationally because we’ve made ourselves too tired!
Visualize Yourself Doing The Thing You Want To Improve On
You can use visualization as a strong tool to accomplish your goals and get ready for difficult situations. The subconscious mind will benefit from it because it is also a sort of self-hypnosis. The key to visualization is making it as vivid as possible in your mind so that it feels real. Don’t merely see yourself doing something; instead, try to see things from several angles or even experience what it would be like if it actually happened to achieve this.
All of the tips above are things you can do to strengthen your will power. They’ll help you start making changes in your life that can lead to a more productive, happier and healthier way of living.
RUCHI RATHOR Founder & CEO
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