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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." – Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

#1 Willpower

– A System That Works (Or Doesn’t, If You Neglect It)

 

Good morning – the sun rises, darkness fades into memory, the sun begins to open up a new, beautiful day for us. Thank you for yesterday! Thank you for today – in advance, because I know it will be a wonderful day. A day of building and realizing 1% of a better self. A better reality based on willpower – my heroine of the day. 😊

Willpower

– the mother of all successes.

 

Willpower is not some magical button that you press once and it works forever. Oh no! Not at all – life is not a fairy tale – and that’s a good thing! Willpower is a system. A mechanism. Something like a muscle – if you don’t train it, it weakens. If you overload it, it gets tired. If you take care of it, it grows. More on this in the second part of this blog. Moderation, discipline, and consistency.

Willpower is not a superpower; it is the ability to manage your energy and habits.

It’s not about being a titan of self-discipline and fighting yourself at every step. It’s about not allowing situations where a fight is even necessary. In other words, and with a small example:

Yesterday, I committed a forbidden act. Something comparable to robbing a bank and taking five hostages while demanding a helicopter on the roof with a pilot and another million dollars on board. Yes, it was an equally foolish act: I ate walnuts covered in caramelized sugar. A few pieces, but still. On yesterday’s task list, I had it clearly stated: DIET – 0% SUGAR! – and what happened? Failure. The helicopter did not arrive.

What went wrong?

• Fatigue – I genuinely felt that I needed sugar (my brain deceived me).
• Forgetfulness – a brief moment of mental distraction from my goal. Human forgetfulness. As often happens… Willpower must be trained constantly so that it happens less frequently.
• Deception – No one will find out, right? You found out, and that is the most important thing. You cannot deceive yourself, and don’t even try. This is not a game – this is a battle for a better life.

Do you want to cheat? OK. There is plenty of room for weak and mediocre people. No one said you have to be outstanding… Cheat yourself, and you will stay there forever – in something shapeless and without character – among the 95% of the population. No one is stopping you – more space for me in the 5% of successful people. That’s exactly where I’m heading.

Oh – a digression. Sorry...

How to Build Willpower?

– A Strategy with an Example

 

With examples, concrete and no nonsense. My caramelized walnuts from yesterday.

1. Limit Exposure to Temptation

Yes, you can tell yourself “I will be strong,” but if you know you have a problem with sugar and you keep caramelized walnuts in your cupboard, then… well, that’s like testing yourself on a battlefield without a weapon. Don’t keep at home what you don’t want to eat. This isn’t about willpower; it’s about strategy. STRATEGY!

2. Plan Before You Get Hungry

Sugar won because your body was in emergency mode. Like a computer running on the last few percent of battery, switching to “power-saving mode” – which, in our case, means one thing: quick energy, i.e., sugar.

When you are full, you think logically. When you are hungry, instinct takes over. Plan your meals. Ensure enough protein, healthy fats. Don’t let your body take control and ignore your “wise” decisions. PLAN!

3. Don’t Rely on Motivation

Motivation is like fireworks – beautiful, exciting, but short-lived. Willpower is a lighthouse – it works all the time, regardless of the weather. Don’t expect to always feel “motivated.” You must act because it’s your system, not because you happen to have a good day. SYSTEM!

4. You Slipped? What Now? Fix It!

You are not a robot. You have good and bad days. Sugar won yesterday? So what? Yesterday was yesterday. Today, you’re back on track.

The key question: Does one failure become the start of a bad streak, or just an incident? Don’t beat yourself up, don’t dramatize. Learn from it. FAILURE IS A LESSON!

My Slip Yesterday – What’s Next?

Walnuts in sugar. I shouldn’t have, but my body led me, and I gave in. I felt bad, so I wanted quick relief. And that’s the key to the whole puzzle. Because sugar helped for a moment, but soon after came the feeling of failure.

Was it worth it? No. Is it the end of the world? Also no.

Today is a new day. Today, I won’t make that mistake. Because I know that yesterday’s emotions were temporary, while the satisfaction of sticking to my own rules is long-term.

This is willpower. Not a binary “victory or failure.” But a system that allows you to get back up and improve.

Today will be better. Because I decide so.

 

Small Bonus.

Fun Fact: Did you know that on March 14th, exactly 146 years ago, Einstein was born? That Einstein. Did he have strong willpower? How did he build it? What did he say about it? An extraordinary man.

Albert Einstein

– A Symbol of Perseverance and Unyielding Will

 

Albert Einstein, born on March 14, 1879, in Ulm, Germany, was one of those people who not only changed the world of science but also demonstrated how true willpower works. He did not have an easy start. He had no support, no connections. But he had something far more valuable – persistence that knew no limits.

1. Difficult Beginnings – Nothing Came Easily

There is a myth that Einstein was a poor student. Not true. But he was not a child prodigy either. He did not speak fluently until he was three years old. He was often lost in thought, seemingly absent, as if his mind was constantly occupied with something more important. (A very similar case is Elon Musk, who was considered developmentally delayed as a child – at least, that’s what I read). Teachers saw him as an average student, but he already had something that cannot be taught – endless curiosity and determination. While others gave up because something was "too difficult," he dug into the topic relentlessly. He taught himself mathematics and physics while his peers were doing regular homework. No one forced him – he wanted to. He trained.

2. Willpower vs. the Scientific Community

His true willpower manifested when he began publishing his work. The scientific world did not want to accept him.

Imagine this: You have a brilliant theory, but no one believes you.

When Einstein announced his special theory of relativity, many physicists looked at him as if he were a madman. But he did not give up. He had no university support, no prestigious position. He worked at a patent office (as a clerk, not as a patent creator), and after hours, he shattered the foundations of classical physics.

He did not have the luxury of being a "professor." He only had his will and his conviction that he was on the right path.

3. Failures? He Did Not Count Them, He Just Kept Going

Einstein did not win a Nobel Prize immediately, even though his work revolutionized physics. He was not recognized right away. He did not have it easy – but he did not look for excuses. He did not pity himself, nor did he say, "The world is unfair." He acted.

• He did not get a job at a university? Fine, he would write after hours.
• They did not accept his theory? Fine, he would calculate again and prove it.
• It took years? No problem, time would pass anyway.

And finally – in 1921 – he won the Nobel Prize for his research on the photoelectric effect. But that was not what drove him. He would have continued doing his work, Nobel or not.

Conclusion? Willpower Beats Talent

 

Was Einstein smart? Yes. But was it intelligence that elevated him? No. It was persistence and his well-trained willpower muscle. He was like a machine solving problems. When something didn’t work, he did not despair – he tried again. And again. And again.

Here is what he said about himself:

"I am not particularly talented. I am just exceptionally persistent."

And that is the essence of willpower. The winner is not the one who never falls. The winner is the one who gets up every time and learns from it.

Today, I will not fail because yesterday I stumbled, and according to the message of yesterday's blog (https://dailyinspire.ch/Blog/sinuskurve-niederlagen-erfolg EN: https://dailyinspire.ch/en/blogs/sinusoid-the-value-of-failures), it taught me a lesson and gave me this message:

Be strong and persistent! Just like Einstein.