Tag: Willpower

  • The First Step

    The First Step

    Faya was explaining in her lesson about Willpower how the First Step was one of the most important keys to developing it. Some younger Espers had trouble understanding, so she used her own element, Fire, as an example. “In order to create a beautiful and heartwarming, cozy fire, what do we need first?” The young…

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  • Inner Fire

    Inner Fire

    In order to maintain their StarDust, it was essential that any Esper kept their inner fire under control. Every Esper was born with their own fire burning inside them, and its intensity and color could take many forms! Faya always reminded the young Espers that working on one’s inner fire was a task only they…

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  • To act or not to act

    To act or not to act

    That is the question. Or more precisely, why should we act—or not? I understand you may be skeptical about trying to do things for other adults, who themselves have the choice to act or not. But children don’t, and it becomes a responsibility—whether we like it or not. We are all born in different places,…

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  • Out of Your Comfort Zone

    Out of Your Comfort Zone

    Our brain needs challenges and must be placed in unfamiliar situations in order to grow. This is why stepping out of one’s comfort zone is one of the keys to making progress. It means trying things we’re not used to, learning new ideas or concepts we aren’t familiar with, or pushing our body to exercise…

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  • Us (and Them)

    Us (and Them)

    Just as the brain needs failure to grow, it also needs to overcome adversity in order to learn. If there is no obstacle, why progress? The twist is that throughout history, this need for obstacles has sometimes taken the form of creating enemies. In many languages, this took the name of “barbarians.” In ancient times,…

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  • Failures

    Failures

    There is a certain irony in how the human brain works: for us to learn and grow, we also need to fail personally. Babies do it naturally when trying to grab objects, sit up, or learn how to walk: they try, fail, try again, fail again
 When this was understood by the Espers on Esperia,…

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  • Responsibility

    Responsibility

    In Esperia, because the 7 Shapes were at the center of how the land had developed, every single Esper was taught the importance of responsibility, and how to contribute to Esperia as a whole when trying new things. This became especially true as the Espers grew their magical powers—the wiser they had to become, and…

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  • Frustration is Good!?

    Frustration is Good!?

    Ever wonder why it feels so frustrating when you’re trying to learn new things? You feel like you’re not making progress, or you’re already forgetting what you just learned? This is exactly what learning looks like! Without this kind of friction when we do new things, our brain would have no reason to change, adapt,…

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  • Challenge Accepted

    Challenge Accepted

    One Daily Tale was a special book. It was written with magic, and the 7 Shapes themselves spent their time reflecting on how to write and present the important—yet simple—points of the concept, which was linked to harmony with nature and peace for the living creatures of Esperia. This was when Faya stood up a…

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  • The Shape of Willpower: Faya

    The Shape of Willpower: Faya

    In ancient times, there was a land named Esperia,where harmony prevailed, thanks to the 7 Shapes. Faya was the Shape of Willpower.Her color was a fiery red, like the burning flame of a fire.Just like fire, she represented the will to try new things and embrace new challenges.Though adversity can often seem too hard to…

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