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| Practical Ways To Improve Your Self-discipline by damcqute(m): 1:39pm On Apr 30, 2017 |
Practical ways to improve your self-discipline You are deeply asleep, enjoying the cool breeze coming through your window. You are probably dreaming of sweet things, then suddenly, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP... Your alarm clock goes off! You realize its actually morning already. Oh no! You feel groggy and slightly disoriented. Then you remember the deal you made with yourself just before you slept last night. Feeling inspired, you made up your mind to wake up early enough to do a 15 minute work-out, prepare for work and leave home early so as to be punctual to work, for once. But, your bed feels so warm and cozy. You close your eyes again. You know you have to make a decision. You can take the easy way out, hit snooze and go back to sleep… Or take the highest road, get up, work out, shower and get going. The choice is yours and only yours… What will it be? Every single day, we’re faced with countless little decisions like this one. In these moments, we have to decide between what’s good for us… and what’s easy, comfortable, safe. Individually, most of these decisions are fairly inconsequential. But together, they add up. They compound. And it’s the sum of all these micro-decisions that determines our destiny. Consistently take the higher road and you’ll achieve your biggest goals, reach greatness, and maybe even change the world. Take the easy way out too often and you’ll live a life of mediocrity, constantly disappointing yourself… Until one day, you look back in regret, wondering… “What if?” What is self-discipline? Self-discipline involves acting according to what you think instead of how you feel in the moment. Often it involves sacrificing the pleasure and thrill of the moment for what matters most in life. Therefore it is self-discipline that drives you to: Work on an idea or project after the initial rush of enthusiasm has faded away Go to the gym when all you want to do is lie on the couch and watch TV Wake early to work on yourself Say “no” when tempted to break your diet Only check your social media timeline when you are done working on yourself, spending only a short period of time on it each day Imagine for a second that there was a switch in your brain that would allow you to efficiently smash through your daily to-do list, eat only foods that are good for you, and never skip a workout again. How would your life be different then? You have the power to develop that switch. Self-discipline and willpower go hand in hand. Roy F. Baumeister, PhD, author of the book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength says “willpower is not a personality trait, a skill or a virtue. Instead, it operates like a muscle. And as such, it can be strengthened.” How? By implementing the strategies I’m about to share with you. Use them consistently, and you will acquire superhuman willpower, extraordinary self-discipline, and the ability to get anything done on command. Right here, right now, as you’re reading this, you’re at a crossroads in your life. You can stick to your old habits and patterns, knowing deep down you’re not living nearly at the level you’re capable of… Or you can use this article as a springboard towards greatness by implementing the strategies it contains. Today could be the day you start developing superhuman willpower and discipline. The choice is yours and only yours… What will it be? Discipline can give you freedom, freedom from being a slave to your moods, desires and appetites. It is the ability to take action irrespective of your emotional condition. It also implies that you take action according to what you think and not depending upon what you feel. It involves giving up pleasure and thrill which is found in the ‘now’, for the help and contentment of the ‘later’. It is vital for leadership, better health and lifestyle and for everything. In today’s age of social media distractions and the pace of life being constantly increasing, it has become very significant factor setting apart those who lead and those who are swept away by the gush of the ordinary. Below are vital steps to take in developing your self-discipline. to be continued.. Check Source: [url]http://thelegitclub.com/blog/practical-ways-to-improve-your-self-discipline [/url] for full article |
| Re: Practical Ways To Improve Your Self-discipline by damcqute(m): 11:56am On May 10, 2017 |
1. ACCEPTANCE: The first step to building your self-discipline involves acknowledging your present status in terms of Self-discipline. How strong is your discipline at this moment? Which challenges are easy for you, and which are virtually impossible for you? Here’s a list of challenges to get you thinking about where you stand right now (in no particular order): Do you shower/bathe every day? Do you get up at the same time every morning? Including weekends? Are you overweight? Do you have any addictions (caffeine, nicotine, sugar, etc.) you’d like to break but haven’t? Is your office neat and well organized? Is your home neat and well organized? How much time do you waste in a typical day? On a weekend? If you make a promise to someone, what’s the percentage chance you’ll keep it? If you make a promise to yourself, what’s the percentage chance you’ll keep it? How often do you exercise? How many hours of focused work do you complete in a typical workday? How many items on your to do list are older than 90 days? Do you have clear, written goals? Do you have written plans to achieve them? How much TV do you currently watch? Could you give up TV for 30 days? How do you look right now? What does your appearance say about your level of discipline (clothes, grooming, etc)? Do you primarily select foods to eat based on health considerations or on taste/satiety? When was the last time you consciously adopted a positive new habit? Discontinued a bad habit? Are you in debt? Do you consider this debt an investment or a mistake? Did you decide in advance to be reading this blog right now, or did it just happen? Can you tell me what you’ll be doing tomorrow? Next weekend? On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your overall level of self-discipline? What more could you accomplish if you could answer that last question with a 9 or 10? If you haven’t consciously acknowledged where you stand right now in terms of your level of self-discipline, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to improve at all in this area. Just as there are different muscle groups which you train with different exercises, there are different areas of self-discipline: disciplined sleep, disciplined diet, disciplined work habits, disciplined communication, etc. It takes different exercises to build discipline in each area. My advice is to identify an area where your discipline is weakest, assess where you stand right now, acknowledge and accept your starting point, and design a training program for yourself to improve in this area. Start out with some easy exercises you know you can do, and gradually progress to greater challenges. Progressive training works with self-discipline just as it does with building muscle. For example, if you can barely get out of bed at 10am, are you likely to succeed at waking up at 5am every morning? Probably not. But could you master getting up at 9:45am? Very likely. And once you’ve done that, could you progress to 9:30 or 9:15? Sure. 2. WILLPOWER This is the ability to control yourself, having a strong determination that allows you to do something difficult (such as to lose weight or quit smoking). Willpower is the spearhead of self-discipline. It is your ability to set a course of action and say, “Engage!” The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. – Vince Lombardi How many commercials have you seen that attempt to position their products as a substitute for willpower? They begin by telling you that willpower doesn’t work and then attempt to sell you something “fast and easy” like a diet pill or some wacky exercise equipment. Often they’ll even guarantee impossible results in a dramatically short period of time — that’s a safe bet because people who lack willpower probably won’t take the time to return these useless products. 1 Like 2 Shares |
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