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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.

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Have you ever wanted to start a healthy habit? Start going to the gym, be more productive, eat healthier, read more, etc?

If you are here reading this, chances are you are into self-improvement. You want to become a better version of yourself so that you can create a better life for yourself.

Most of us have the same desire. We all want to be “better”. But, even after trying repeatedly, it feels like we don’t make the progress we were hoping to make. No matter how much we read about it, somehow, we can’t seem to improve our lives.

If you are frustrated with trying and failing and you feel like you are kept away from some secret potion that “successful people” have access to, I get it.

In fact, you’re right. There is an ingredient that separates us from “the successful” people. But it’s not very secret nor is it magical. It’s the simple concept of discipline.

When you become disciplined, you give yourself the power to be able to do all the things you plan to do. Growth always lies outside your comfort zone. That is why working towards your dreams is always difficult; it is new, uncharted territory. The only way to get out of your comfort zone and do something difficult is with discipline. When you have discipline, the goals you set suddenly become achievable. The dreams and wishes become reality.

How Do You Build Discipline?

Define Your Goal & Your Motivation

The first step to building discipline is to set a clear goal and intention. What do you want to be disciplined about? What is your goal? What are the daily steps you need to take?

Then you need to ask yourself what the motivation behind your goal is. Why is it important to you? What will it give you? Write this down and keep it somewhere handy, because this is what will motivate you to keep going when it gets difficult to be disciplined!

Identify & Remove Temptations

Now that you have your goal, think about what obstacles or temptations come your way?

For example, if you want to eat healthier, consider your pantry. Are there unhealthy snacks stashed away there that tempt you? Get rid of them!

Perhaps you struggle to find time in your daily schedule to cook a meal, so you end up ordering out. In that case, you might work around this obstacle of lack of time, and meal prep on the weekends.

Whatever your goal is, it is important to acknowledge and work around temptations and obstacles that might make it more challenging for you to be disciplined.

Discipline or Nothing

One extremely useful hack to being disciplined is to decide that you either stay disciplined or do nothing.

Set an intention to be disciplined and work on X (whether that is reading, meditating, or exercising, or whatever else your goal is) for the next ten minutes. If you get an urge to check your phone or do something else, remind yourself you either work on X or do nothing.

All of a sudden, it is a lot less tempting to not do X.

This helps you not only get to work and stay disciplined, but it also helps you notice your urges and be more intentional about how you deal with them.

Practice Being Disciplined

Discipline requires you to be slightly uncomfortable. It’s not fun or easy to be disciplined.

So, how can you get better at being disciplined? By practicing! Every time you do something slightly uncomfortable, you get better at being uncomfortable. This helps you be more disciplined.

So take a look at your seemingly unimportant decisions. It can be something as simple as getting up to drink a glass of water when you are comfortable on the couch. Do you procrastinate on that, or do you push yourself into the discomfort of getting up?

Every time you do something slightly uncomfortable you are training yourself to be more disciplined.

Remember, the difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do. And self-discipline is one of the most important life skills to develop. Whether you want to build healthier habits, be more productive, achieve financial goals, improve your mental health, or create a more intentional life, choosing the path of self-discipline will help get you there.

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