Self-discipline

Self-discipline

The 3^rd part of success is one that will challenge and stretch you forever. It is just as challenging as attitude & closely tied to it. Self-discipline is very simply the ability to systematically and progressively work towards a goal until you achieve it. This is your ability to say this is what I really want in life and this is how I'm going to get it! So if I have to give up some things to get it I will because it's worth it in the long run.  Now I know what you are thinking, this is the part where I put aside all of the fun in my life and become some boring drone that never has any fun, work 20 hours a day for some company that  fires you weeks before your retirement and you just eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work. I completely understand. That is just how I thought of self-discipline before I started this 5 year journey into understanding the fundamentals of success. What I have learned is that Self-discipline is all about knowing what you want, going after it with passion and putting off or limiting the things that will keep you from getting the thing you want. That’s not boredom that’s drive, the spice of life. So many people go through life saying if only I could or if only I had this or that or done this or that. This is your life go for what you want. Don't let fear hold you in shackles as it does so many.  You only get one go at this life so  fail your way to success if you have to but for heaven sake shoot for the stars. Don't be the guy that in 10 years says I wish I had done this or that. Be the one that says what a ride it was that got me here. Now I know you're asking? How can I be that and self-disciplined. Well if you know what you want and you work toward this thing systematically and progressively you end up with what you want. This gives you all the things you want and that my friend is how we end up with a happy life. You in the journey of going after all the things you want will not get to do some things but you get to do all the ones you wanted. And by not wasting time with the stuff that would keep you from your goals you end up achieving them. Or to put it another way by knowing what you want you do not get side tracked with the garbage that would keep you from what you want. It is more complicated than that but in simple terms, Self-discipline is the ability to see what will keep you from what you want and not get distracted by it. Now let's look at a couple of examples: if you want six pack abs you have to work out. More to the point you have to work your core. So if you go to the gym and work chest all day you will never get your abs. So what we have to do is focus on what we want. If you want to lose weight but you never change the way you eat or go to the gym you will never lose weight. As you can see it is pretty simple, self-discipline is going to the gym every day. I know what you are thinking now too, but what if “insert the excuse”. Now we are getting into the meat and potatoes of it. As you learn to be more self-disciplined that will happen less and less. Like most things in the world we don't all start as rock stars we learn to do so you too will learn to be self-disciplined. One mistake at a time. Every time you hear yourself or think to yourself I’m not going to do the thing that gets me to my goal, you have to stop and think about that. Ask yourself am I really doing this because I can't do whatever it is or am I just giving in because I want to be lazy? More often than not what your brain tells you to do is the opposite of what we should do. That’s just the way it is programmed. So we have to reprogram it. One thought at a time. One day at a time. The more you train the stronger your self-discipline will be. I will put a list of things that you can do to help train your self-discipline in another post but for now just focus on doing what you need to do to get one small thing for the week. That should be a good starting point. As always your comments are always appreciated and I believe we have the subscribe by email currently but we will be upgrading the subscriber options soon thank you and good bye for now.