Discipline gives the structure in our lives to attain freedom!
Therefore, let's learn from Tony Robbins about the value of discipline!
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Self-discipline is a key component to achieving success in life and today we look at ways
you can instil discipline in your life to pursue your goals.
We do this with the help of the ever disciplined and fantastic Tony Robbins, a man who has
proven his methods work.
However, before we get into how to instil discipline, let's first understand why discipline
is critical to success.
You see without discipline, it's not possible for us to follow through and take the actions
we need to in order to achieve success.
This doesn't matter what area of your life you're working on, it's only possible to achieve
success if you're willing to pursue and do what you need to.
After all, anything worth pursuing requires work to achieve success.
Jordan Peterson describes scheduling, a form of self-discipline, gives structure to the
day.
Through having structure, you work to be more productive and develop greater freedom in
life as you achieve greater results.
So always remember, self-discipline and freedom are essentially two sides of the same coin.
That's all well and good, but how do you instil discipline?
1) We are who we define ourselves to be a.
Well first and foremost, understand yourself first.
Here's the thing, we're conditioned from past experiences, which can either allow us to
achieve greatness in life or restrict us to mediocrity.
Let me give a personal example, I used to believe I was terrible at history as a subject
when younger.
Why was this?
Well, it's because I once took a test and did terrible, so I assumed I stunk at History
and I conditioned myself as someone who wasn't interested in history.
However, since then I've come to realise that I have a firm interest in history and if it's
important to me I can remember historical facts.
This channel is proof of this, as I often look back at historical figures who have been
major influences in the world.
You see I've come to understand that I didn't suck at history, but rather conditioned myself
to believe I did based on a poor test.
However, on reflection what I've come to learn is I didn't do well on that test because the
subject and period of history I was studying simply wasn't of great interest to me.
And this is the point, we need to understand when we became the way we are and why, because
often on reflection we realise that we're not limited in the way we think we are, but
rather conditioned by a past experience.
However, when it's something important to you and you know you need the skill or knowledge,
then more often than not, you'll find a way to get results!
b.
Raise Standards Which is precisely the point, you need to
raise your standards and not let your conditioning hold you back.
Know what you MUST achieve and work to achieving it.
Motivational Speaker Eric Thomas did exactly this!
It took him longer than many to earn his degree, but he put in the work and got it.
And as he says, there's no date on a degree, once you earn it, there's no difference between
you and anyone else with that same degree!
2) Build Habits/Routines/Rituals From
here we move onto our next point, which is to develop discipline build routines and habits
into your life.
Tony Robbins often describes these as your rituals.
The fact of the matter is we're habitual creatures and we do what comes naturally to us in our
day.
I'm working on this video on the back of having a terrible day, but I'm still here, working
on the content.
Why?
Because working on my content is something that's routine for me.
Good days or bad, easy days or hard and whether I want to or not, it's normality to work on
my content.
Your rituals will define your outlook on life.
And those who can go through thick and thin and still continue to have the discipline
to do what's necessary at the end of the day, are the ones who will progress through to
success.
3) Set a plan or strategy However, it's not all about the hustle.
Working hard with no direction is a fruitless endeavour.
And so we go onto our next point, which is plan a strategy.
Now this works in multiple ways.
The first is it gives you focus and direction to do what you need to, to ensure you reach
the end goal.
But just as important is having a plan gives you markers to set yourself against to ensure
you progress in the way you intend to and not drift into procrastinating.
Tony Robbins often builds his work and material on the back of strategies, because they provide
proven ways of working to get results.
The same is for you, use strategies to focus on getting results.
4) Journal
In addition to having a strategy, keep a journal, which is our next point.
A journal can be used for both planning and reflecting, which provides huge benefits.
By planning with a journal and specifically writing down what you're going to do, you're
significantly more likely to follow through and do what you set out to, as studies have
shown.
They also give you a focus on what needs doing day to day and the act of then being able
to tick off what you've completed, you give yourself a small dopamine boost to motivate
you to keep going.
On the flip side, journals give you a chance to reflect, see how you did against your targets,
how you achieved them, what you did well and what you did less so.
Finally, you can state how you feel on doing this.
Again writing is critical to supporting you, as by writing and noting your positive feelings
you get the dopamine boost, whereas the act of writing negative feelings can give you
the opportunity to actively remove the negative state of mind by essentially "venting" as
part of journaling.
5) Prime yourself or set your state The next point to improving discipline is
to set your state or prime yourself as Tony Robbins would say.
This can be done using the technique of 15 minutes of fulfilment or doing a different
practice if it works for you.
The point is to put yourself in the best state you can be to undertake the day and tasks
ahead.
Now if you do fulfilment exercises, this breaks down into four activities:
1) Do Breathing exercises to oxygenise the mind and body for peak performance
2) Do Exercise to improve physical state and thus your mental state
3) Feel Gratitude for what you have and will have to focus on what's positive in life
4) Say affirmations or incantations to set your beliefs in totally and completely fulfilling
your duties ahead of you.
6) Focus on the details The next way to instil self-discipline is
to focus on the details.
Now this relates to your standards, but ultimately don't cut corners and take shortcuts.
Most people who have achieved success in life have done so because they sweat the small
stuff, the details that help them stand out from the crowd.
This also works the other way too.
Small failures to act add up over time and eventually lead to bigger failures in life.
The thing is, we often blame the big event as the failure, but usually it's the little
things that lead to that event that were the problem.
So focus to do the tasks you need to and set yourself standards to do them right.
7) Have a clear why (vision) Finally, the key to discipline is to have
a clear vision, or rather know your why!
You see in the tough times, those moments when you want to stop or feel like giving
up, your vision will be what pulls you forward to keep going and doing what's necessary to
make it a reality.
So live life with discipline and follow through with fulfilling your vision.
It might be tough today, but when tomorrow comes, you'll be all the more thankful for
having been disciplined.
So for question of the day I want to know
in which area of your life are you seeking to increase discipline?
Let me know in the comments section below.
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