We will be talking about self-discipline. It’s the ability to make yourself do things that should be done.
The series of episodes it all boils down to taking responsibility and internal narrative. If you degrade yourself and punish yourself for failing you destroy any good chance of persisting. Shaming yourself will make you hate yourself.
Willpower does not equal self-discipline. Willpower is like a muscle and if you overwork it will fatigue and fail. So rather find the real reason you want to do or achieve things. The real reason is rewarding and your self-talk or criticism of yourself will be the determining factor if you’ll achieve it. If you have a flat tire and you are tired are you just going to wait and sleep in the car? NO, you’re going to change the fucking tire because of your must. And the reward is your destination and journey. This is also a metaphor for life and failure. Change the tire and get going on your journey because you’ve got somewhere.
Find your purpose. Just start doing what you want to do every day. Everything in your life depends on you. We need to show up every day and do the work and be consistent.
The habit of consistency = Self-discipline
Develop the ability to keep going.
Start with discipline on small hardships then go bigger.
External factors are terrible for developing self-discipline.
Discipline is not punishment. Self Discipline is the definition of self-love, if you love yourself, you will develop the behaviour towards yourself that is loving.
With self-discipline, you give up immediate pleasure (smoking) for the exchange of long term self-respect.
Choose actions that are within your own best interest. In the end, you stop yourself from getting what you dream.
If we love ourself we will discipline our behaviour.
It's a struggle, some call it war, we have our own mind but we need to fight it and beat it to achieve that self-love.
Why, because if you love yourself you need to do things that are within your interest. With this, you can be happy, discipline your behaviour and achieve self-love. Love yourself because you owe it to yourself.
Other people's derogatory opinions are a really shit way to determine how we feel about ourselves and we base our self-esteem on their opinion.
Be around people that nourish and inspire you and you do the same, do you feed each other's flames or throw water on it.
Self-love is when you say to yourself, hey man you want to smoke that cigarette, I can't let you smoke that because I love you too much to let you continue smoking.
Keep your goals updated as you become more productive and ambitious. Wins and losses can help you refine your definition of success.
Remind yourself why your success matters.
Use applications/technology that is within your best interest and tracks your activity.
Combine "should do" with "want to’s" - repeat a healthy behaviour is more likely if you do it like that.
Do not lose faith in yourself when you fail. Pick out one thing that you could have done differently.
Know your nature - if you know you work better at night don't squeeze it in the morning. Use your biological clock to your advantage.
Temptations - try to think ahead of what might break your concentration and what will be your biggest distractions when you're busy with something you need to get done.
How to stay motivated - separate your day in smaller time frames and do separate tasks in those time frames, then you don't do it all at once.
Boost your glucose - important energy source - excess is bad bad low blood sugar can have negative effects.
Maintain momentum - easier to stay productive and discipline when you don't take long breaks.