"How can your willpower force be
harnessed? I think it will be helpful for us to look at a somewhat
comical illustration, which includes a great lesson. One of the most
stubborn creatures known to mankind is the donkey. If the animal does
not want to move you can push it, pull it, hit it, seduce it with food,
and even frighten it, but all to no avail, because you are failing to
deal with the "chemistry" that makes the donkey stubborn. So this is
what you do, you reach down to the ground and take a handful of dirt and
some small pebbles and force these inside the mouth and onto the gums
of the animal. This will irritate the donkey and make it so concerned
about what is happening i its mouth that you can usually lead it
wherever you want it to go. So what is the lesson? It is simply this:
if you want to succeed when you are opposing someone with a will as
strong as yours, you must find an irritating distraction and get their
mind off the target, then make your move very quickly."
Peter J. Daniels, Willpower the Integrity of the Soul
Peter J. Daniels, Willpower the Integrity of the Soul
Of course I would never do that to my little donkey, she always does everything I ask!
