Editing Autosuggestion (section)

===Willpower===
Coué observed that the main obstacle to autosuggestion was [[Self-control|willpower]]. For the method to work, the patient must refrain from making any independent judgment, meaning that he must not let his will impose its own views on positive ideas. Everything must thus be done to ensure that the positive "autosuggestive" idea is consciously ''accepted'' by the patient, otherwise one may end up getting the opposite effect of what is desired.<ref>Brooks, C.H., "The practice of autosuggestion", p62, 1922</ref>

Coué noted that young children always applied his method perfectly, as they lacked the willpower that remained present among adults. When he instructed a child by saying "clasp your hands" and then "you can't pull them apart" the child would thus immediately follow his instructions and be unable to unclasp their hands.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}