Make Your Bed
Making your bed in the morning finishes the process of sleep, and finishing what you begin is one of the ways you develop willpower.
Dandapani gives a reason for the advice your mother gave you. Making the bed completes the process that began when you flossed, brushed and put your pajamas on the night before. Finishing what you begin is how willpower is built, and willpower is what lets you direct your awareness and energy.
What this talk covers
- Making your bed in the morning means you finish what you begin.
- What you are finishing is the process of sleep, which started the night before when you flossed, brushed your teeth and put your pajamas on.
- One of the ways to develop willpower is to finish what you begin, and making the bed is a simple way to do it.
- With willpower you can focus your awareness and direct where your energy is flowing, in order to create what you want to create in your life.
When you make your bed in the morning, you finish what you begin.Dandapani
Questions
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Because it finishes what you began. Making the bed completes the process of sleep, and finishing what you begin is one of the ways you develop willpower.
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One of the ways is to finish what you begin. Small completions like making your bed each morning build the willpower you then use to focus your awareness and direct your energy.
Transcript
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Did you know your mom was right when she told you you should make your bed in the morning? When you make your bed in the morning, you finish what you begin. What are you finishing? You're finishing the process of sleep. Before you go to sleep, you might floss your teeth, brush your teeth,
put your pajamas on and go to bed. When you wake up in the morning, make the bed to finish what you begin, to finish the process of sleep. When you finish what you begin, you develop world power. One of the ways to develop world power is to finish what you begin.
And making the bed in the morning is a great way to do so. So make your bed in the morning so that you can develop world power. And when you can develop world power, you can learn to focus your awareness and where your energy is flowing to create what you want to create in your life.