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I AM UNWILLING!!

Unwillingness ignites resolve and determination. It provides an access to

taking a robust and urgent approach to your situation. When you are

unwilling it often represents a line in the sand where you are no longer

willing to go back the way.

Only when you’re unwilling to continue just simply existing, feeling

unsatisfied and unfulfilled, will you make the effort necessary to make a

change. Only when you’re unwilling to put up with the bullshit any longer

will you grab your shovel and start digging. At times there is no greater

motivation to change than the unwillingness to do “this” any longer. Which

one works for you in your life currently? I am willing or I am unwilling? Can

you see how being unwilling can potentially be just as powerful as being

willing?

Depending on the circumstance, some of us feel more empowered by the

assertion, “I am willing,” while for others declaring “I am unwilling” gives

them strength and resolve. You might find yourself motivated by both

equally depending on the situation.

Whichever category you fall into, you can not only shift the personal

assertion, you can re-frame the way you approach your problems.

For example, are you willing to find a new job? Yes. “I am willing.” Are you

willing to stay in a job you hate? No. “I am unwilling”.

Both assertions can be just as effective. It’s up to you to determine which one

fits your persona and situation. Which one “does it” for you?

THE POWER OF PURPOSE

There’s another way for your unwillingness to free you from the hamster

wheel because sometimes it doesn’t matter what you ask yourself or how

many times you’ve said it; you just can’t muster the willingness long enough

to change anything. You might well be one of life’s great-starters-but-notfinishers.

At the end of it all, you might have to face the cold reality that you

have been all too willing to remain the same. You have been unwilling to

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