Why Doesn't Will Power Work For Me?

Did you know that your conscious mind is only 1/6 of your brains total capacity, and the remainder (5/6) is your unconscious mind? So when we decide that Monday is that day we are using our willpower to create change in our lives - that is our conscious mind - we are only using 1/6 of our total capacity. The problem with our conscious mind is that it can only do so much at one time before it starts dropping balls and becoming overloaded. This is the time we start feeling overwhelmed or sometimes even a failure as we struggle to stick to our resolve. In fact it is the clue to why willpower as a tool is ineffective in making permanent change in our lives.

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