Improving Discipline In Your Life.

[arakboss]

If you lacked discipline at some point in your life and increased it, how did you do it?


One Ytuber's methods.

View: https://youtu.be/SseUzcEN9U0?feature=shared

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[Knobgoblin]

 

[Hayharnel]

I think I might have went to school with her back in the day?

 

[Alexx1401]

I did it by living long enough to go gray.

 

[P7M13]

Quitters Inc.
Sex can be a great motivational tool.

 

[arakboss]

Something to think about. Many believe that discipline (especially self discipline) is about improving your life. I view discipline as a trait that allows you to do something, that you struggle to do, whether it improves your life or not.

For example let's say your task was to kick a puppy once a day. It will be a struggle for most people to do that. Finding the puppy, dealing with the puppy's owner after you kicked it, etc. And you might even like puppies. But the person that succeeds in doing that task will have a lot of discipline.

I have a theory that practicing discipline with a task that may not improve your life will still aid in improving your overall discipline.

To prove that theory I am going to sacrifice my well being and commit to drinking at least one alcoholic beverage each day. It will probably help me sleep more which will be a bonus.

If it seems to be working after a month, I will add a fast food meal a day to the task list.

After that I will commit to buying a firearm related item once a day.

This discipline stuff doesn't seem so bad.

 

[Hayharnel]

Good question? But still don't kick puppies!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Ask yourself ...
What do you want to do...?
( Make this a realistic goal )

What do I need to do to get it / get there / etc....

Then ...
Make a realistic plan to get what it is you want...

Do what is needed to get what you want.
( Stick with the plan )

Remind yourself of what your goal is when you...
See so called "great deals"....or other distractions which tempt you from the path to your goal.
Andy

 

[arakboss]

https://durmonski.com/self-improvement/discipline-vs-self-discipline/

 

[arakboss]

There appears to be a strong genetic component to discipline.

https://medium.com/@MolONeill/discipline-7829971d2b07#:~:text=Discipline%20is%20%E2%80%9Cmoderately%E2%80%9D%20heritable.&text=The%20research%20also%20demonstrated%20that,a%20tendency%20toward%20goal%20failure.

 

[Jay Walk]

Easy, whenever I think of starting yet another thread on the interwebs, I ask myself...
"Will this make the other subscribers roll their eyes?"
If so, then that thing I do not do.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Ah, the way of the stick.

View: https://youtu.be/kFtMKRL5Yxk?feature=shared

 

[Stomper]

If you lacked discipline at some point in your life and increased it, how did you do it?


One Ytuber's methods.

View: https://youtu.be/SseUzcEN9U0?feature=shared

Let's see… it all started when I was seventeen.

1. Basic training

2. Advanced Individual Training.

3. Air Assault School (phucked up my knee BADLY on day two and pushed through the course on sheer determination)

4. Several real-world deployments sportin' loaded weapons.

5. PLDC

6. Drill Sgt School

7. Raising six kids into adulthood.

 

[Aero Denezol]

People change for a short time, but then they always fall back into old destructive habits.

Get rid of bad friends and associate with people who have standards and will hold you accountable. I did this 20 years ago and literally everything in my life dramatically changed for better.

 

[rambler]

We act in accordance to what we love.

If I love sitting on the couch, it'll be hard to change.

If I love feeling good, and compliments from people, I'll get off the couch.

If you love your wife, you won't over step.

These are one dimensional illustrations. It gets fascinating when you think on your deeper affections that drive you....but alas I'm getting esoteric way to fast with gun friends

 

[Nosferatu]

Nope, no more free life coaching. Time to pony up!

 

[arakboss]

Rather than the deprivation route, I am going to try an additive approach.

Instead of making a goal of spending 15 minutes less time doing activity "A" , I will make a goal of spending 15 minutes more time doing activity "B".

 

[Sharkey]

Easy, whenever I think of starting yet another thread on the interwebs, I ask myself...
"Will this make the other subscribers roll their eyes?"
If so, then that thing I do not do.

Well at this point we still don't know if he is a witness or suspect in a homicide case. Heck maybe he is making it all up? We know not to knock his door though.

Most don't have the discipline to build their self discipline. Three things helped me out - 1. Getting involved in Tae Kwon Do as a teen and learning "respect" for my Sensei.
-2. About that same time, becoming a Christian and being mentored by several mature Christians as well as getting involved in a ministry as a teen
-3. Having some wise and knowledgeable instructors (that I also respected) at the academy and later on in the FTO program.

If you can get your chit together, life is not easier but you can get thru a lot of adversity that life brings. Many folks can't even get thru even minor adversity. Having a tight group that encourages you and sharpens your thoughts is a great advantage too.

 

[Colt Carbine]

If you lacked discipline at some point in your life and increased it, how did you do it?

 

[Spitpatch]

"Do this one thing every day to improve your life!"

Heard that before? Well, it IS actually that simple to establish one's mindset early in the day.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70