SELF DISCIPLINE
A GOOD QUALITY OF SUCCESS
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WHAT IS SELF DISCIPLINE
- Self-discipline means self-control, the ability to avoid unhealthy excess of anything that could lead to negative consequences.
- One of the main characteristics of self-discipline is the ability to forgo instant and immediate gratification and pleasure, in favor of some greater gain or more satisfying results, even if this requires effort and time.
The term self-discipline often awakens some discomfort and resistance, due to the erroneous notion that it is something unpleasant, and which requires a lot of effort and sacrifice.
Actually, exercising and attaining self discipline can be fun, does not require strenuous efforts, and the benefits are great.
True self-discipline is not a punitive or restrictive lifestyle as some people think, and it has nothing to do with being narrow minded or living like a fakir.
This skill is the expression of inner strength and staying power, which are vital for dealing with the affairs of daily life and for the achieving of goals.
You have probably noticed that it is similar to the definition for self control.
For many people, self-control represents a deeply desired; yet, allusive attribute that too often slips through our fingertips.
There is a multitude of areas in everyday life where so many of us want to do better.
This is particularly evident given the millions of people (including almost half of Americans) who make New Year’s resolutions each year. Such resolutions often involve goals related to diet and fitness, finances, relationships, and the reduction of unhealthy behaviors (i.e., smoking).
Unfortunately, however; an 80 percent failure rate has been estimated for such resolutions . Moreover, general efforts to change behaviors result in relapse over half of the time.
Why are we so consistently disappointed by our failed efforts at self-improvement? For one thing, these objectives are not easy. Fulfilling one’s dreams “takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort”.
This article will look into the research behind self-control and self-discipline (terms to be used interchangeably); including the many benefits thereof and how to attain them. Several interesting research studies will also be described.
advantages SELF DISCIPLINE
1. Your Priorities are Lined Up
Clear targets, lined up priorities and strong self discipline, all go hand in hand. When you know the result you are after and have developed your self discipline muscle strongly, then you have no trouble putting first things first. Distractions no longer have power over your life.
Other fruits of lined up priorities;
- It leads to better focus.
- Decision making becomes a breeze. It cuts down on confusions and uncertainties.
- Your life gets structured.
- Your perspective on life improves.
2. You Are at Your Own Command
Doesn’t that sound wonderful?!!! Being the boss of your life? To have mastered yourself, and set your aims straight? To set deadlines and meet them? Procrastination can’t get the best of you anymore. That also means;
- You are driven by goals and values, not controlled by your whims and moods.
- You are able to adopt good habits and ditch bad ones as you please. (and let’s not forget all the benefits that the good habits will bring)
- You are less prone to addictions because you hold the control of your mind in your hand, rather then lend it to outside forces.
3. Your Guilt Goes Down
The guilt of not doing the right thing at the right time has a power of weighing a person down significantly. Some burdens, only when they are lifted, make us realize the weight they carried.
4. Your Standards Rise
Since you know your worth and what you stand for and have control over yourself, you stick to it. The desire for the long term rewards don’t let you settle for anything less. It makes you unstoppable. Instant gratifications is a meaningless phenomenon now.
5. You Feel Fulfilled
Being true to yourself makes you a happy person who knows the real meaning of fulfillment.
6. You Overcome a Major Roadblock to Success
i-e yourself. You have moved out of your own way of going and getting what you want.
7. You Become More Self Reliant
The more you are able to control yourself, the more self reliant you become. You are more aware of your true potential.
8. Your Relationships Improve
Your relationship with yourself is a predictor of your relationship with other people. You can’t keep promises with other people when you can’t keep promises to yourself. With good self control you become more trustworthy.
9. You Save Time
Discipline enables you to do things on time, which saves you a lot of trouble. The last minute panic and hassle almost doesn’t exist. You become a calmer person, with all your chores and projects tackled and completed at the right time.
10. You Have Space to Relax
Now that the major things are all taken care of, you actually have free time on your hands. You can actually have fun at having fun.
how CAN I PRACTICE FOR SELF DISCIPLINE
Similar to building physical muscle, developing mental muscle requires intentional exercise. Over time, your self-discipline muscles can be built.
Here are Eleven exercises that will increase your self-discipline:
1. Acknowledge your weaknesses.
Similar to building physical muscle, developing mental muscle requires intentional exercise. Over time, your self-discipline muscles can be built.
Here are Eleven exercises that will increase your self-discipline:
1. Acknowledge your weaknesses.
Ignoring your pitfalls won't make them go away. So whether eating cookies is the downfall to your weight loss or checking social media sabotages your productivity, acknowledge your weaknesses. Recognizing your weaknesses is the first step in creating positive change.
Ignoring your pitfalls won't make them go away. So whether eating cookies is the downfall to your weight loss or checking social media sabotages your productivity, acknowledge your weaknesses. Recognizing your weaknesses is the first step in creating positive change.
2. Choose a Goal
Begin by choosing just one goal that you want to focus on to develop your self-discipline.
For instance, perhaps you want to start exercising every evening, or you want to read one leadership book a week to enhance your skills. You could even practice self-discipline on very small goals such as concentrating on a piece of work for an hour without checking your messages, or avoiding unhealthy food for one day.
Remember, starting small is the best way to start developing your self-discipline. As your discipline gets stronger, you can spread the focus to more areas of your life.
Make sure that the goal you set is SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound – and break the goal down into smaller sub-goals, where you can.
Begin by choosing just one goal that you want to focus on to develop your self-discipline.
For instance, perhaps you want to start exercising every evening, or you want to read one leadership book a week to enhance your skills. You could even practice self-discipline on very small goals such as concentrating on a piece of work for an hour without checking your messages, or avoiding unhealthy food for one day.
Remember, starting small is the best way to start developing your self-discipline. As your discipline gets stronger, you can spread the focus to more areas of your life.
Make sure that the goal you set is SMART – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound – and break the goal down into smaller sub-goals, where you can.
3. Create a clear plan.
You won't magically wake up one day with superhuman willpower. Instead, you need a strategy to help you build mental muscle.
Whether you want to increase good habits--like going to the gym more often--or you want to eliminate bad habits--like watching too much TV--you'll need a plan to turn your intentions into action. Outline clear action steps you will start taking on a daily basis.
You won't magically wake up one day with superhuman willpower. Instead, you need a strategy to help you build mental muscle.
Whether you want to increase good habits--like going to the gym more often--or you want to eliminate bad habits--like watching too much TV--you'll need a plan to turn your intentions into action. Outline clear action steps you will start taking on a daily basis.
4. Find Your Motivation
Once you've chosen a goal, list the reasons why you want to achieve it. Try to express these reasons in a positive way.
So, instead of saying, "I want to exercise three times a week to lose weight," say "I want to exercise so that I have the energy to play with my kids and work successfully." Or, instead of saying, "I want to get this task off my To-Do List," say, "I want to do this task, so that I can meet my objectives, get praise from my boss, and feel satisfied with my day's work."
When you list the reasons why you want to achieve something, you'll find it much easier to get the job done.
Once you've chosen a goal, list the reasons why you want to achieve it. Try to express these reasons in a positive way.
So, instead of saying, "I want to exercise three times a week to lose weight," say "I want to exercise so that I have the energy to play with my kids and work successfully." Or, instead of saying, "I want to get this task off my To-Do List," say, "I want to do this task, so that I can meet my objectives, get praise from my boss, and feel satisfied with my day's work."
When you list the reasons why you want to achieve something, you'll find it much easier to get the job done.
5. Identify Obstacles
Now you need to identify the obstacles that you'll likely face when working toward your goal, and devise a strategy for overcoming each one.
For instance, imagine that your goal is to read one leadership book a week to enhance your skills. In the past, you've faced a number of obstacles in reaching this goal. For example, when you find a book you like, it's hard to find time each night to read. Between work, dinner and the kids, your time is taken up until late in the evening, and you get distracted by messages coming in while you're reading.
Once you've identified obstacles, come up with a strategy to overcome each one. In this example, you could do the following:
- Instead of going to a bookstore, spend an hour looking at leadership books online. Find several that interest you, and that have good reviews. Order all of them at once, and download them to tablet so that you always have a book on hand to read.
- Find more time in your day to focus on reading. Perhaps you could read during your lunch hour, or while you're waiting to pick your kids up from school.
- Turn your phone off when you want to focus on reading.Often our self-discipline crumbles because we haven't identified the obstacles that we'll face, and we haven't developed strategies to overcome them. When these obstacles show up, we're unprepared to deal with them, and this shakes our resolve. Don't skip this step!
Now you need to identify the obstacles that you'll likely face when working toward your goal, and devise a strategy for overcoming each one.
For instance, imagine that your goal is to read one leadership book a week to enhance your skills. In the past, you've faced a number of obstacles in reaching this goal. For example, when you find a book you like, it's hard to find time each night to read. Between work, dinner and the kids, your time is taken up until late in the evening, and you get distracted by messages coming in while you're reading.
Once you've identified obstacles, come up with a strategy to overcome each one. In this example, you could do the following:
- Instead of going to a bookstore, spend an hour looking at leadership books online. Find several that interest you, and that have good reviews. Order all of them at once, and download them to tablet so that you always have a book on hand to read.
- Find more time in your day to focus on reading. Perhaps you could read during your lunch hour, or while you're waiting to pick your kids up from school.
- Turn your phone off when you want to focus on reading.Often our self-discipline crumbles because we haven't identified the obstacles that we'll face, and we haven't developed strategies to overcome them. When these obstacles show up, we're unprepared to deal with them, and this shakes our resolve. Don't skip this step!
6. Remove temptations.
You won't gain self-discipline to lose weight if you keep your house stocked with junk food. Instead, you'll wear yourself out trying to resist every cookie, brownie, and chip.
Limiting temptations can help you slowly build more self-discipline over time. If your weakness involves checking social media every two minutes, find an app that blocks access to Facebook. Or, if you can't resist overspending when you go to the store, leave your credit card at home and carry cash only.
You won't gain self-discipline to lose weight if you keep your house stocked with junk food. Instead, you'll wear yourself out trying to resist every cookie, brownie, and chip.
Limiting temptations can help you slowly build more self-discipline over time. If your weakness involves checking social media every two minutes, find an app that blocks access to Facebook. Or, if you can't resist overspending when you go to the store, leave your credit card at home and carry cash only.
7. Replace Old Habits
When we're developing self-discipline, we're often trying to break a bad habit and replace it with something more productive. However, if that habit is tied into a certain time of day or routine, breaking it can leave a hole. If we don't replace that habit with something else, then its absence becomes even more noticeable.
A good example is if you're trying to stop yourself shopping online when you take a break at work. This bad habit destroys your focus and attention, because you're likely to be online for 20-30 minutes each time.
Once you've resolved to stop, identify a new behavior that you can engage in when you need a quick break. Instead of online shopping, you could do some stretches in your office, get a cup of coffee, or take a quick walk outside. These behaviors will help to support your goal and strengthen your self-discipline, instead of leaving you with nothing to do on your break.
When we're developing self-discipline, we're often trying to break a bad habit and replace it with something more productive. However, if that habit is tied into a certain time of day or routine, breaking it can leave a hole. If we don't replace that habit with something else, then its absence becomes even more noticeable.
A good example is if you're trying to stop yourself shopping online when you take a break at work. This bad habit destroys your focus and attention, because you're likely to be online for 20-30 minutes each time.
Once you've resolved to stop, identify a new behavior that you can engage in when you need a quick break. Instead of online shopping, you could do some stretches in your office, get a cup of coffee, or take a quick walk outside. These behaviors will help to support your goal and strengthen your self-discipline, instead of leaving you with nothing to do on your break.
8. Monitor Your Progress
As you work on your self-discipline, pay attention to how you're feeling as it develops and strengthens. You might feel free, happy, proud, and energized.
Also, think about keeping a journal to write down your self-discipline goals and to track your progress. This reinforces the positive changes that you're implementing in your life, and gives you a record that you can look back on to see the progress that you've made.
Over time, your self-discipline will strengthen, and you'll be able to apply it to lots of other areas of your life.
As you work on your self-discipline, pay attention to how you're feeling as it develops and strengthens. You might feel free, happy, proud, and energized.
Also, think about keeping a journal to write down your self-discipline goals and to track your progress. This reinforces the positive changes that you're implementing in your life, and gives you a record that you can look back on to see the progress that you've made.
Over time, your self-discipline will strengthen, and you'll be able to apply it to lots of other areas of your life.
9. Practice tolerating discomfort.
It's natural to try to avoid pain. But avoiding short-term discomfort often leads to long-term problems. And every time you give in, you'll reinforce to yourself that you can't handle distress.
Practice allowing yourself to feel uncomfortable and prove to yourself that you can stand it. Whether that means running on the treadmill for one more minute than you thought you could or resisting the urge to pick up a cigarette, train your brain to see that pain isn't the enemy.
It's natural to try to avoid pain. But avoiding short-term discomfort often leads to long-term problems. And every time you give in, you'll reinforce to yourself that you can't handle distress.
Practice allowing yourself to feel uncomfortable and prove to yourself that you can stand it. Whether that means running on the treadmill for one more minute than you thought you could or resisting the urge to pick up a cigarette, train your brain to see that pain isn't the enemy.
10. Visualize the rewards.
Write down a list of all the things you'll gain when you stick to your goals. Read over the list when you're tempted to give up. Spend a few minutes picturing yourself being successful and remind yourself how you'll feel when you succeed.
Write down a list of all the things you'll gain when you stick to your goals. Read over the list when you're tempted to give up. Spend a few minutes picturing yourself being successful and remind yourself how you'll feel when you succeed.
11. Recover from mistakes.
If you're stressed about a big presentation, you may talk yourself into skipping your workout. Or, if you're excited about a big deal you closed, you may convince yourself to let your good habits slide.
Progress doesn't usually come in a straight line. And just because you make a mistake doesn't mean you're a failure. Making mistakes is part of the process to becoming better.
The way you recover from those mistakes is what matters most. Learning from your missteps and committing to doing better next time can help you build self-discipline.
If you're stressed about a big presentation, you may talk yourself into skipping your workout. Or, if you're excited about a big deal you closed, you may convince yourself to let your good habits slide.
Progress doesn't usually come in a straight line. And just because you make a mistake doesn't mean you're a failure. Making mistakes is part of the process to becoming better.
The way you recover from those mistakes is what matters most. Learning from your missteps and committing to doing better next time can help you build self-discipline.
Keep Trying and Reap the Rewards
Boosting your self-control is the key to creating a better life. With a little mental strength training, everyone has the ability to develop more willpower. The best news is, improving self-control in one area of your life can lead to increased willpower in other areas of your life.
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18/oct/2022
Boosting your self-control is the key to creating a better life. With a little mental strength training, everyone has the ability to develop more willpower. The best news is, improving self-control in one area of your life can lead to increased willpower in other areas of your life.
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