Professionals have a process. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. You have to do it yourself. Maxwell Maltz, Don’t bet on the person who shows occasional flashes of greatness. Ideas come. Johnny Uzan, In the moment some choices seem small: we eat the chocolate bar, take a shortcut, or cancel a date. Jamie Fraser”, “Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past.”, “Tough love may be tough to give, but it is a necessity of life and assurance of positive growth.”, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles, Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar's Way to Transform Your Dog . Hebrews 12:11, Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it. Your email address will not be published. Whatever you constantly think about, you will attract into your life. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. Or maybe you have some stories about your own self discipline or the discipline of others that you would like to share with us? I am proud of everything that I am and will become. Jordan Peterson (12 Rules for Life) Click to tweet, He watches himself as if he were an enemy and lying in ambush. Rhonda Byrne, I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time. Shane Parrish, Learn to control your reactions or you will be puppeteered by anyone capable of provoking you. Ryan Holiday, Swearing signals a lack of eloquence and emotional control. You attain the feeling of love and then you want to discipline yourself because you love the discipline, because it brings more love.” – Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, 35. “Motivation will die… let discipline take its place.” ― Anonymous, 36. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.”– Plato, 37. “Your own self is your master, who else could be? Naval Ravikant, The costs of your good habits are in the present. Influence your own subconscious. Jordan Peterson, How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. Friedrich Nietzsche, Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Your first workout will be weak, but your 1000th will be strong. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Here we will discover just that. You won’t be. John C. Maxwell, The way you train reflects the way you fight. Robert Greene, You must never settle into complacency, as if your initial vision represents the endpoint. Those who lack self-control live disoriented and disturbed lives. In order to be able to work hard towards achieving the things that we want, we must first be able to control our minds to avoid distractions along the way and to maintain focus on what you want. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain...This is the way it is with the Spiritual Disciplines - they are a way of sowing to the Spirit... By themselves the Spiritual Disciplines can do nothing; they can only get us to the place where something can be done.”, “A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.”, “Sir, a Code Red is a disciplinary action brought against a Marine who’s fallen out of line.”, “No doubt the thought that was uppermost in a thousand of those vigilant minds, even as it was uppermost in mine, was the riddle—how much they understood of us. Well, you’ve come to the right place! James Clear, You must be disciplined in thought, word, and deed. Aaron Levie, Whatever you constantly think about, you will attract into your life. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Jack Butcher, You will ascend to the level of your discipline. Self-discipline is doing something that you need to accomplish and do even if you don’t want to. Robert Greene (Mastery), Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. Thibaut, As a society moves from scarcity to abundance, the cultural value that is most likely to be underdeveloped is restraint.