From the outset, being a disciplined person means having the capacity to regulate yourself. The ability to summon willpower and resist temptations whenever you need, in order to conquer your goals. But there is so much more to that.
Sure, going for a run every single day can be considered a disciplined person’s activity. But to become and remain a delayed-gratification Jedi. Your whole life requires organization – or reorganization.
That’s why so many people miserably fail at making self-discipline their snarky sidekick on the journey to success.
We think that self-discipline is about doing one thing consistently. But the truth is that it’s about doing everything consistently.
It’s about…
- Setting morning routines.
- Forming new habits while making existing good habits stick.
- Overcoming instant gratification.
- Changing bad habits with good ones.
- Choosing process goals over outcome-based goals.
- Defining implementation intentions.
- Defeating materialism.
- And so much (much) more…
And if doing all of these seems difficult, that’s because it is difficult.
But based on my experience. The main problem with being a disciplined person is not so much related to having good habits and keeping them. The main issue with discipline is the undisciplined world we all live in.
It’s one thing to maintain a diet plan and push yourself to be 1% better every day when everyone around you is trying to do the same. It’s quite another problem to maintain good body and mind hygiene when everyone around you is going crazy over the new trendy thing – a.k.a., focused on having quick and effortless fulfillment of their wants and needs.
Our ability to self-regulate is drastically declining due to the vast amount of temptations that life throws our way.
So, if you are looking for ways to increase your self-discipline muscle. This article will help you by exploring these two main questions:
- What is a well-disciplined person?
- Why is it so hard to be a well-disciplined person?
In the end, I hope you’ll spot that it’s not only about retiring some current habits. But also letting go of some current relationships.
Let’s dive deep…
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- Asch SE. Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority. Psychological Monographs: General and Applied. Available at: https://doi:10.1037/h0093718
