By Shazad
“Don't expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won't be. Don't count on motivation. Count on Discipline.” Jocko Willink
We’ve all been motivated by a poem, a speech, or a movie to go and start something. Perhaps it’s to accomplish something like getting in shape or maybe it was about starting an online business and growing it into a multi-million dollar company. Whatever it is, you are probably still dreaming about it or have stopped taking action on it. Why? You are lacking something very important. It’s the secret to success that keeps winners going after the adrenaline rush from that action movie has faded and the cheering of friends has stopped. That ‘secret’ ingredient is discipline. I’m going to share why this is the most important thing in the short run and long run if you want to be a high achiever or just be happy in family life.
Let’s start with a definition. Here’s one that I really like from Collins Dictionary and it’s not about punishment, fear, or mindless obedience to laws and rules.
“Discipline is the quality of being able to behave and work in a controlled way which involves obeying particular rules or standards. “
Discipline helps you stay focused on your goals
So why bother with Discipline as part of your success strategy in life? Because it’s the constant drumbeat that will drive you to keep moving forward each day. Fast or slow, tired or not, you use discipline to keep moving forward toward your goal. Without discipline, you get lost and have inconsistent behaviour. You will also lack in visible progress which will likely cause you to quit long before you really start to move towards your goal achievement.
Discipline helps you overcome obstacles and challenges
Stuff happens. Things go wrong and people get sick, lose money, or just get bored. Discipline is that inner drive that sounds like Sly Stallone yelling “Keep Moving Forward!” And “You’re Better than This!”. With the power of Rocky in your head, you are going to get past hurdles and you will go through walls, metaphorically.
“Discipline Equals Freedom” Jocko Willink
Discipline helps you become more efficient
So you accept that you need discipline but you have so much going on in your life and so much stuff to do. Here’s another reason why fully embracing a disciplined approach is going to save you. By striving for a goal with discipline, you have committed to a certain standard and set of rules in your life. Things that violate or don’t measure up to your standards for achievement get dropped. You stop doing useless things and low-value exercises. You worry less about the noise of the world and the many opinions on social media. You realize you have the ‘freedom’ to do what you need to do and stop giving your precious attention or time to other things that are known time wasters and just plain distractions trying to stop you from achieving your life goals. You become ruthless about your vision, your goal, and your daily routine to the point where you become efficient at doing what needs to be done. That other stuff just drops and is off your plate. This is how the elite performers get big WINS in life. They don’t worry about the minutia of every little thing. They stay focused on the main goals and steps to achieve them. Eyes on the Prize mindset.
The fact that you are reading this means you are at least interested in how to level up and go beyond motivational videos to fuel your progress. I hope you buy into the concept of Discipline as your secret and even your “Super Power” in life to achieve what you want to. All the greats have demonstrated this from sports to business and many other aspects of personal life. Use this power wisely and frequently to get what you want out of life and Live Awesome!
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