Willpower, Personality: Dispelling Some Myths

Willpower and a person's character is generally reduced to two basic qualities: ability to samopobuzhdeniyu in achieving the goals in front of and ability to adequately carry adverse life circumstances. It is well known, moreover, that those marked with a visible presence among them of some "inner strength", have an outstanding reputation in virtually all human societies. Thus, the value of these strong properties is very valuable and desirable property. Note that neither the scientific nor, even more so – in the popular literature there is no common view on the issue of whether or not the people of this "force". For the most part are categorical recommendations that will need to "educate", "strengthen", "chill" …

Anyone who is capable of systematic action in this direction, it is believed to popular belief, a person strong and worthy of respect ("solved – did"), others – are classified as' indecisive ',' spineless' and 'weak-willed. " We here do not care about those criteria and rules that society values people who are not having a strong-willed qualities. – Based on the fact that "Truth is not determined by majority vote," and referring to the immutable rule that any process developed in strict accordance with its internal laws, to take into account that society generally is not inclined to (the age-old folk wisdom, though, says that "Every measure must be judged him"). Knowledge of these laws, along with the fact has proven problematic, Considering the book market infested psychological theories and all sorts of esoteric 'revelations'.