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If you associate the word "willpower" with negative things, such as
harsh self-denial and punishment, you will
weaken your resolve to build it. To increase your resolve, it's often
useful to think of new word associations.

To weight lifters, failure is success. Unless they lift a weight to the
point of "failure," their muscles aren't growing. So they have
programmed themselves, through repetition, to use the word "failure" in
a positive sense.

They also call what we would call "pain" something positive: "the
burn." Getting to "the burn" is the goal! You'll hear bodybuilders call
out to each other: "Roast 'em!" By consciously using motivated
language, they acquire access to inner power through the use of the
human will.

Zen philosopher and scholar Alan Watts also used to hate the word
"discipline" because it had so many negative connotations. Yet he knew
that the key to enjoying any activity was in the discipline. So he would
substitute the word "skill" for "discipline" and when he did that he was
able to develop his own self-discipline.

Language leads to power, so be conscious of the creative potential of
the language you use, and guide it in the direction of more personal
power.

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