CRITICAL READING

CR1.Will power is the key to success and accomplishment. It requires great determination. Laziness and procrastination are the main obstacles of will power. Perseverance and patience are some of the basic requirements for achieving success. What it needs is the inner power which overcomes the desire of indulging in all the useless and meaningless habits. This needs the inner strength to overcome the inner emotional and mental resistance. Will power is about…

• inner power

• procrastination

• physical strength

• fighting spirit

CR2. Self-discipline is the first step towards achieving will power. To be disciplined, one should be consistent. For example, you wish to do well in your exam because you know how good it is for your future and for what you can achieve afterwards. Unfortunately, you feel lazy and prefer to do something else, such as playing computer games, going online chatting with friends, or watching TV instead. You might be aware that you need to change your studying habits or stop procrastinating, but there is a lack of inner power and consistency to change these habits. We often say to ourselves how we wish we had the will power and self-discipline, but we tend to quit after a short period of time. We tend to give up things easily when obstacles occur. What we need is self-discipline which enables us to withstand hardships and difficulties. Besides self-discipline, you also require time and effort. When we are lazy, we….

• do not know what we are doing.

• know what we are doing.

• do not have any power.

• feel weak and helpless.

CR3. Most of us have inner conscious impulses which make us do things we later regret doing. We sometimes do not think before we act. Hence, we need to develop will power and self-discipline and when thins are not for our won good, we should gain the ability to reject them thoroughly. Will power will help us decide our reactions instead of being controlled by them. This will make us feel more confident and more disciplined. Subsequently, we can gain inner strength and the ability to make the right decisions. With great determination, there is no difficulty in developing will power. With will power we will definitely be stronger and more successful. Will power is about…

• decision making.
• being controlled by our reactions.
• impulses that make our regret later.
• controlling our reaction through impulse decisions.

CR4. Will power requires strength and determination and it gets stronger by holding back and not allowing the expression of unimportant, unnecessary and unhealthy thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions Will power is like a battery stored within us and is always available at the time of need. We should be conscious of its benefits. Unfortunately, many people do nothing about it even though we acknowledge that the adoption of will power in life will help us greatly. The author use “battery” to emphasis that our will power...

• is not good for us.

• is not in our mind.

• can be used when we need it.

• can be retrieved even when we use up the energy.

CR5. As the saying goes, where there is will, there is a way. Hence, one of the effective ways to improve our will power is to perform certain activities which we would rather avoid doing. We should overcome our subconscious resistance and train our mind to obey us. When we do that, our thought processes will get stronger and we will attain our will power eventually. We should always say ‘yes’ to will power and most of all should discipline ourselves. We will feel more powerful in taking charge of ourselves and our surroundings with will power and self-discipline. What does the expression ‘where there is will, there is a way’ mean?

• Will power is to find a way to solve problems.

• If we are determined to be successful, we will achieve it.

• There are many ways to achieve success and will power is one of them.

• Will power is useful in our life and it is the answer to solve all problems.

V1 (Perseverance) and patience are some of the basic requirements for achieving success.

• effort
• attention
• endurance
• diligence

V2 What it needs is the inner power which overcomes the desire of (indulging) in all the useless and meaningless habits.

• allowing
• entertaining
• comforting
• involving

V3 You might be aware that you need to change your studying habits or stop (procrastinating), but there is a lack of inner power and consistency to change these habits.

• being inactive
• hesitating
• being irresponsible
• delaying

V4 We tend to give up things easily when (obstacles) occur.

• bumps
• difficulties
• checks
• hindrances

V5 Most of us have inner conscious (impulses) which make us do things we later regret doing.

• desire
• push
• impetus
• longing