How to Have Stronger Will Power

I am on the 8th day of my 100 day challenge of creating content every day. One of the reasons that I started this challenge is to have stronger will power.

It is really hard to make our will stronger. When was the last time you said you will have a healthy diet? How many days did you stick to that healthy diet? How many times you said to yourself that you will start saving and will not spend impulsively? If you have made it, then congratulations. If not, here are the tips to make things happen even if your will is weak.

1. Make things automatic

I have automated my budgeting so that I don’t have to rely on my will to save money. I can also spend guiltlessly because the automated budgeting allowed me to have access to my disposable money.

2. Associate with the right people

We human beings tend to fit in. Our will is weaker than our association. So associate with people who is better than you.

PS: Our will is free, so use it wisely 🙂

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We learned that we should work hard but growing up our society is telling that working not too hard but getting more result is cool and awesome.

With that, these are two things that we should be aware of:

  1. Working smart alone is not enough, you still need to work hard on smarter ways.
  2. Working hard is not enough, you still need to look for smarter ways and work hard on it.

Okay, it looks like I am insane with these points but what we should have is the mindset of “why not both”. You don’t need to pick one.

Do not focus on the idea that you have inborn talents or gifts. You do not have to rely on talents alone. Keep hustling and working hard. Do not have a fixed mindset, always be open for learning.

Nowadays, there are observations that Millenials are getting entitled and on the other side, prior generations are not much open for recommendations. It can be more explained and be addressed in the book that I have read which I can recommend to you, the book Mindset: New Psychology of Success.

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Talk to Strangers

A few years ago, I was about to look for another company to work for. Then one day, I received a job offer from a big multinational company and on that same day I was invited by a start up company to attend a seminar in the evening.

I attended that seminar and while waiting before the seminar to start, I seated in a vacant chair with a guy seated beside. I initiated a conversation with him and we found some common ground. After some stories shared with each other, I learned from him a job vacancy that totally fit my qualifications, have better opportunities and I just submitted my resume. And yes, to cut the story short, I was hired in that company.

Why you need to talk to strangers?

Growing up, we were told not to talk to strangers, but now that we are grown up it is an opportunity to learn an to build a network by talking to strangers.

How to talk to other people:

There will always be something to learn from other people. That is why it is always better to ask questions and listen most of the time rather than talking too much. The person who asks the questions controls the conversation. Plus, you can build more rapport and influence more when you let other people talk more because it is a way of showing your genuine interest to them.

Rule of thumb:

The other people should be speaking twice as much as you speak. You will be surprised at what you will learn and people that they can introduce to you.

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Exact Steps to Persuade and Influence

Here are some of the steps you can use to sell, persuade and influence other people:

  1. Start a conversation
    Ask an opening question. It may be direct or indirect to your main objective. You may ask about the traffic or the weather.
  2. Interest
    Talk and ask questions about their interests. Show it genuinely by listening more than you talk. Always shut up after you ask questions or after sharing certain ideas.
  3. Shift
    Transition to your main objective by asking questions that lead to that.
  4. Pitch
    When you pitch, identify and highlight their problem or their interests. And follow it up with pivot questions. It is like a question making them realize something.
  5. Open
    Open the door for the agreement. Let them feel that they are in control.

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No one has ever won in this Game

Always, there is someone better than you. Comparing yourself to other people is the game that no one has ever won. Let other people be your inspiration and not a competitor. If they can show you that they are better then it only shows you that sky is the limit. There is always room for improvement. If they can do it, you can do it as well. Just compete with the man in the mirror. Compete with yourself.

I believe in continuous learning. So learn every day so that you will be a better version of yesterday. At a certain age, we will stop growing physically so the only way to grow is to learn. It is not about getting the things that we want but it is about being the person who deserves the goals you are to achieve.

I am now on my 4th day of the 100-day challenge to create content. Truly, this challenge is a giver’s gain. It pushes me beyond my excuses to look for new wisdom and learnings so I can share something every day. The more I share, the more I learn and I am truly loving the process.

Most of the idea here came from the book: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind.

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The Most Expensive School

The most expensive school is learning from your own mistakes. Okay, on my last post, I told that we should not be afraid of having mistakes. I still stand to that. We still need to be action-oriented and we should be avoiding the paralysis caused by too much analysis.

Take it this way. Do not learn everything before you start. Just begin with an end in mind. When it is clear to you what is the end goal, you will realize that there will be many different means or way to achieve that. To achieve it faster, seek lessons from experiences of others, especially from their mistakes.

The human exists for hundreds of thousands of years, and even more, it is highly probable that someone has been to the situations that you are about to get into in achieving your goals. Here are the things you can do to avoid the mistake of focusing only on learning from own experiences:

  1. Seek Mentor
    I have been to different fields in my profession and I have noticed that those who are truly successful are always willing to share. You just need to listen.
  2. Read Biographies
    It is inspiring to learn that other human beings have achieved so much than what we have accomplished. Look for people that have the result that you wanted. Follow them. Read their life stories and be inspired.
  3. Associate Yourself
    Engage yourself to the activities or events that will bring you closer to those people that have the result that you want to have. People always tend to fit in and by immersing yourself with them, you will be adjusting yourself with less effort and without you knowing.

This is my 3rd post on my 100-day challenge of creating content every day.

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Why Not Do It?

Would like to write a book? Then, why not do it?

Would like to start a business? Then, why not do it?

What holds us back in starting?

Perfection is the most common reason why we don’t start.

Growing up, especially in school, we were taught that we should avoid making mistakes or failing. But in reality, life is a series of mistakes. Thomas Edison, the inventor of light bulb failed 10,000 times. Imagine  how our nights will be very dark if he did not started inventing light bulb as he wanted to perfected it the first time? 

But if we dig deeper, it boils down to the idea that we should look good and always be right. We were being held back in starting as we get afraid that we might fail (against the idea of being right) and we are worrying that people may judge us (against the idea of  looking good). 

How to go about perfection: remember that failing is just part of the process. Think of this, green light on the streets does not turn on at the same time. Focus on the problem that is in front of you and look for ways on how to solve it. Avoid learning everything first, just go do it and just correct things a long the way.

I have started yesterday my personal challenge of posting content every day and I am on my 2nd day. Yey! You may see grammatical error here and that idea did not stop me on starting this personal blog. For any feedback, I will appreciate it, please just comment below so I can do it better.

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How to Live Life to the Fullest

These 3Fs can guide you on how to live your life to the fullest.

  1. Family and Friends (Relationship)
  2. Fitness (Health)
  3. Freedom ( Passion and Profit)

You cannot truly live your life to the fullest if you will neglect one of the 3Fs.

Imagine, making money by doing what your are passionate about but you are not healthy and do not have energy to enjoy it. Would you still be happy? I remember a saying, “a healthy man has a thousand wish but a sick person has only one”.

What would you feel if you can do your passion profitably and you are at the top of your health but you are fighting with your family or friends or you cannot spend enough time with them? 

Remember, you do not have to choose one over the other, you can have them all.

Most of the lessons I have shared here came from the book: The Millionaire Fastlane.

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