As I said in this article: You are lazy? Then read this article. You better #1 one of the four pillars to end laziness and procrastination is to develop your self-discipline. But because some people can achieve enviable self-discipline, being able to study on their own, have a healthy body, exercise regularly, have an active social life, while others grate so long and hard, and in the first distraction they get totally lost, eventually not. reaching your goals?
Self Discipline - Basis for Personal Development
Hello, how are you? My name is Cristian and I will help you have a more productive life. Today the theme is the trait you need to do more than just live to survive in your short time here on Earth, the theme is AUTODISCIPLINE. And when we start talking about discipline, a lot of people want to come up with the evolutionary explanation that we're made to be lazy ... ok, ok, they might even be right ... But the question is: what sets us apart from rest of the animals, and even our ancestors? The big difference is that we can go against our most primitive instincts, you can use the most important tool in your body, which is your brain. And that's the difference that made us produce food for 7 billion people, that made us not die of cold or heat even in places that were previously uninhabitable and that made you be able to read my articles today.
Self-discipline has already made mankind great achievements
What made the difference was the DISCIPLINE of thousands upon thousands of men who have shaped the world as it is today and that makes us CHOOSE to strive for our goals and aspirations, rather than letting ourselves be carried away by our short-term desires that It can be a bed, a fastfood or a TV on. It is with self-discipline, which is gradually gained, that you can achieve your goals. And now I want to propose actions for you to become a more disciplined person with yourself.
Imagine that you want to focus on what is really important to your life, but by your side are all your friends talking, your favorite show is playing on TV and you keep receiving notifications every minute from your mobile phone. And now tell me, what would happen to you? No matter how disciplined you are, but if you are in an environment where there are all the things that give you short-term rewards, it's not hard to imagine what your brain will choose ... To be disciplined enough, the first and The most obvious action (but which many people insist on not doing) is to create a protective barrier. What you need to do is Run away from distractions. Lock yourself in a quiet place, go to your local library, or go to any
another place that gets you away from all your distractions.
It's natural for the brain to look for quick rewards.
Now another common mistake is wanting to have all the discipline in the world on the same day. We plan to do dozens of things during the day, but we forget one simple fact: We're human ... and we get tired! If you do not take this into consideration when planning to do your activities, you first: you will not be able to do everything, as your efficiency will fall, and secondly you will feel bad that you cannot do what should be done, and even
thus, it did not enjoy its time well. To solve this problem, it's essential to schedule breaks and rewards between your activities! You can either take breaks every 30 minutes to do something stressful, or stop and reward yourself whenever you reach a goal. Choose the one that suits you best, but please do not want to be a machine. Nobody can!
And speaking of getting tired, we have a big problem when we finish our longest rest. Tell me, what is the first thing you do when you wake up?
If you go get your phone and read all the messages, or answer your emails, or check news or even check what happened in other people's lives, you are doing it totally wrong. It's serious that you wake up every day and the first thing you do is respond to others, respond to their messages, their emails and their needs, and worry about everything around you and leaving yourself in the background. ? Have you ever realized that what you are doing is caring so much about others that you forget about yourself?
Stop worrying so much about other people and think more about yourself
Now imagine the difference in your life if you worry first about what you need to do, what you care about the rest of the world ... If you want to be healthy, you can prepare your food early in the morning. If you want to gain knowledge of something, you can take half an hour to read. The action here is to do what is important first. Now something that always happens is that we often set a very high goal before creating the necessary discipline. You want to lose 22lb in 2 weeks, study for a contest in a month, go to the gym every day of the week until summer. Having such ambition in pursuit of our goals may even take us very far, but it is usually the fastest way to failure. If we set such bold goals and fail to meet, we tend to feel bad and give up, which will make us think that we are not disciplined enough.
Now, if we set small, growing goals and are reaching them step by step, the chance of getting enough discipline to achieve what we want is much greater. For example, say you want to lose weight, the first thing you could do is to drink more water between meals. Once you have succeeded in this, you could start eating nothing sweet after 6 pm, going up one step at a time. This is very different from crazy “lose all your fat in 10 days” diets and it will certainly take longer, but that could be the difference between getting something and giving up.
Break big tasks to stay focused
The action here is START SLOWING AND GOING UP. And by doing so, you can gradually realize that goals are starting to get easier, meaning you won't need that huge willpower to do what you need, it will become natural and you will be able to do it. this all
the days the action here is to be consistent. Be consistent enough to practice your self-discipline daily, rather than just a few days a week. If you want to be healthy, do some physical activity every day. If you want to be better at cooking, train a different dish every day, and if you want to be a better person, there is a blog with great articles here to help you!
And these were some actions to help you develop your self-discipline in your daily life. And notice that I used the word action, meaning it's no use just reading articles about discipline, what you need to do is ACT. Discipline is the bridge between your goals and their achievement.
The question that remains is: Do you really want to build this bridge?