Will
[This article is part of a series about how to craft an intentional life using ideas and tools from Constantin Stanislavski’s acting system for working on our inner motive forces. Introduction: The Triumvirate of Consciousness ] Will is one of the three inner motive forces that drive us to action, the other two being emotion and intellect. Emotional and intellectual health create fertile ground for positive and effective action. But Will is the most direct driver to action of the three. If your Will is engaged, you are more likely to accomplish action. It often arises out of the other forces: it takes inputs from feelings, knowledge, plans and our circumstances and pushes us to do something with them. However, Will is also the most difficult of the three motive forces to grasp. We can understand emotions and intellect as what you feel and what you think, but what process or substance is Will? In this chapter, I grapple with that question. Will = willpower ...