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Will Power Fails Because It’s Weak. Use Will Instead.
My aunt smoked cigarettes for fifty-plus years. Doctors told her to quit again and again, and she “tried” a few times, but she never could.
Then came the day she got a lung X-ray back and it was covered with spots.
She threw away her cigarettes that same day and never smoked again.
Another example: At a motivational seminar once, the speaker asked a volunteer what it would take to get her to walk across a narrow beam fifty feet above the ground with a fire raging below. She couldn’t think of anything.
He said, “What if your baby was on the other side?”
She said, “Absolutely, I’m there” — no hesitation.
Think about these two examples. My aunt wanted to continue smoking — she didn’t want to quit. So she “couldn’t.”
Until she realized her life was at stake, and then she DID.
Before that, her will had been at odds with her will power.
And WILL ALWAYS WINS.
When she got the X-ray, her will became aligned with the task — and presto.
Same with the mother: bringing her child into the picture caused her will to align with the task.
