How can one overcome weakness and gain more strength?

Question

The type of weakness I'm speaking of is a kind of laziness about doing what you know you should do, but giving in to laziness. Like instead of getting up and going out to do a task, you just stay home. How can one gain strength to have a strong work ethic and overcome laziness?

Thanks.

Answer 1

a body in motion,stays in motion.you force yourself to do it every day,eventually it will become second nature.

Answer 2

daily physical training and a balanced diet would undoubtedly be enough for gaining that kind of strenght. But this is no answer, sith I can't expect a lazy person do be disciplined in any way, could I?
Thus I must say I am totally clueless, I wish you luck!

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Put a big note on the TV and refrigerator to get moving and stop being Lazy. Have friends and family help you be productive.

I add: put a note in your computer too.

Answer 3

Anger is a byproduct of fear. It makes you feel weak because it triggers the fight or flight response. This takes a lot of energy. It is probably more of a weakness than anything. It is based in the idea that you are under some sort of a threat, that you are in danger of becoming a victim. This is hardly ever true outside of the internal conditioned victim mentality that is always looking out for these imaganary situations. It is far better to try to understand the root cause of the behaviour in the person who is causing the conditioned response in you. It will invariably be something that has nothing at all to do with you at all. Hardly worth the out of context anger response that the habitual conditioning response causes.

Answer 4

Have Motivation. & Be Industrious Like the Ant. I hope this helps.

“Go to the ant, you lazy one; see its ways and become wise,” admonishes Solomon. What wisdom can we gain from the ways of a little ant? The king answers: “Although it has no commander, officer or ruler, it prepares its food even in the summer; it has gathered its food supplies even in the harvest.”—Proverbs 6:6-8.

Ants are marvelously organized and remarkably cooperative with one another. Instinctively, they gather food supplies for the future. They have “no commander, officer or ruler.” True, the queen ant is there, but she is queen only in the sense that she lays eggs and is the mother of the colony. She gives no commands. Even with no foreman to drive them or supervisor to check on them, the ants keep tirelessly at their work.

Like the ant, should we not also be industrious? Working hard and striving to improve in our work is good for us whether we are being monitored or not. Yes, in school, at our place of employment, and while sharing in spiritual activities, we should do our best. As the ant benefits from its industriousness, so God wants us to ‘see good for all our hard work.’ (Ecclesiastes 3:13, 22; 5:18.) A clean conscience and personal satisfaction are the rewards of hard work.—Ecclesiastes 5:12.

Using two rhetorical questions, Solomon tries to awaken a slothful one from his indolence: “How long, you lazy one, will you keep lying down? When will you rise up from your sleep?” Mimicking him in speech, the king adds: “A little more sleep, a little more slumbering, a little more folding of the hands in lying down, and your poverty will certainly come just like some rover, and your want like an armed man.” (Proverbs 6:9-11) While the lazy one is supine, poverty overtakes him with the speed of a bandit, and scarcity attacks him like an armed man. The fields of a sluggard quickly become full of weeds and nettles. (Proverbs 24:30, 31) His business enterprise suffers losses in no time. For how long would an employer tolerate an idler? And can a student who is too lazy to study expect to do well in school?

Answer 5

Drink and eat the right things (no more chocolate for you young lady :D ) exorcize more (like go for a walk in the park some time)
and eventually you will stop being so lazy and start doing your physical labor :)

Answer 6

Put a big note on the TV and refrigerator to get moving and stop being Lazy. Have friends and family help you be productive.

Answer 7

If you already know that the laziness is not getting the tasks done, and you still continue on not doing those tasks....then I strongly think there is another cause of the 'lazyness'.

Everything has a cause.

Answer 8

It is a sort of affirmation. Sit down and meditate a minute and then visualize all the people of the world, who are industrious and enthusiastic. Take this red and green energy into yourself. See the colors red and green (like Christmas!) as you imagine them all working and getting things done. See if you don't feel more like getting after your tasks after this short meditation.

Answer 9

Give your laziness a name, like Ms. looser. this will give your laziness a human quality. You are a human being with the ability to control many things, When ever Ms Looser takes over ask yourself "Is Looser taking control of me? I am more powerful than Ms Looser!" So everytime Ms looser jumps in to make a faulty decision you go against it. You are aware what you have to do, and you are constantly giving in to Ms Looer because Ms looser wants you to be like her, now the question is do you want to follow Ms loosers footsteps? Ms looser does not exist but she is controling you, do you want to be controlled? This is a healthy way to get out of Ms loosers control and be you. You know where to go and how to get what you want, ms loosers is blocking you fight it, and you can do exactly what Ms winner whats, and ms winer is you!

Answer 10

Gods strength is made perfect in our weaknesses. The harder we make life
for ourselves, the more we reach out to God!

Answer 11

Practice self-denial and do things as a matter of "rule". It's called "regular" practice in the catholic way of doing things. "Regula" = "rule" in Latin. Think of it as "following the rules". I get up and say my prayers because it's my own personal "rule". I go visit the sick and members of my parish because it's my rule...I made a vow that they would come first.

Jesus said "pick up your own Cross..." and follow Him.

That takes self-denial and practice.