Will Power vs Everything Else

In life we face various roadblocks and broken paths that we need to traverse.

Do you think it's possible to overcome all these things no matter their nature with just sheer will power? The power and iron will of the human mind can overcome any obstacle? Rather that be Depression , life or death situations or even sickness? Is our will really that strong?



(Err I think of it as a serious topic but if it's not sorry ><)

No. It will help you but you can't overcome every obstacle in your way. That's what I believe.

It is a yes and no question. Yes will power can overcome many obstacles. But no because you need a drive or reason to push yourself to make your will power even effective because will power in itself can be very useful, but also useless without a direction of some sort.

You can overcome some things through sheer will, but there are many things that cannot be beaten through sheer will alone. Imagine giving a first grader a college-level test and telling them to get a perfect score, or beating the final boss in a turn-based game at level 1. No matter how hard you try, it's impossible if you don't cheat.

No. Everyone has their breaking point. Now, people may have an exceptionally high willpower, but everyone has their Achilles Heel. And even if they didn't have a weakness, their mentality is still being grinded and beaten. Eventually given enough time, that person will crack.

What is will power? I personally define it simply as mastery over oneself. First, there is a difference between pure determination and pure stubbornness. To be determined is to recognize one's shortcomings, assessing one's strengths and possess fortitude and patience in the face of calamity. On the other hand, to be stubborn is to continue one's efforts and ignore constraints of reality, even when it is obvious that one will fail. Trying to fly with only two hands and firmly believing one will succeed is an example, albeit an idiotic one.

Another point to note is that being determined does not always ensure a result. In medical cases where willpower is a placebo for illnesses, it can be considered as a stroke of luck. Lastly, the topic implies that everything else is separate from willpower. This is not always the case, the choice to act in a certain fashion is affected by the human will to an extent. Willpower can also be present in elements like wisdom, judgment and rationality; they don't have to be separate.

While I admire people with "Iron Will" nobody is perfect therefore we are all doomed to fail at multiple points in our lives.

Willpower is a very powerful thing and can carry you a long way. But it's a double edge sword because what state will you be in if your will is ever broken.

Will is a strong force, but very broad, and very unspecific. There's spite, obstenence, inflexibility and many more negative aspects of it which could end up doing more harm than good. Addressing the question though, there are always certain things which cannot be overcome by will alone. You can't break the laws of physics, you can't spontaneously regenerate a lost limb, you can't overcome the majority of life-threatening situations that claim so many. It's strong, but not all powerful.

Will power can't change reality, you can.

I believe very much in the power of will. I smoked cigarettes for ten years, and did speed almost every day for three years. i quit both, on my own, while most everyone around me continued to do them. from what i hear, the only thing harder to kick is opiate addiction. yet i dropped both, cold turkey. sheer will power.

You can't really change your life with sheer will power. One must act accordingly.

I think it depends on the person, because someone might have a bigger will power than the next person. But I do think that "iron will" alone won't help someone through their life. Cause every person needs help along the way.

Sure it can help, and a lot in certain situation but it can't solve all the problems that you could have.