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Willingness
Willingness is a skill that you can use to help you solve problems. When you are willing you are more likely to try something different.
Willingness means:
 doing what needs to be done
 listening to your Wise Mind
 following the rules
 using skills to deal with anxiety, depression and anger
 being open to other people’s ideas
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When you are willing, you find a way to make the best of a situation.
Willfulness means:
 doing nothing when something needs to be done
 giving up
 not using skills to deal with anxiety, depression and anger
 shutting other people out
 breaking the rules
 believing your way is the only way
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When you are willful, you fight the situation instead of trying to make it better.
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