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14 Mar 12
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Self-discipline is like a muscle
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tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limit
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mistake to try to push yourself too hard
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Don’t compare yourself to other people
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produces something of value AND makes you stronger
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21 Feb 12
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Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state.
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The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you make a conscious decision, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it.
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Self-discipline is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger you become.
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Just as it takes muscle to build muscle, it takes self-discipline to build self-discipline.
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Don’t compare yourself to other people. It won’t help. You’ll only find what you expect to find. If you think you’re weak, everyone else will seem stronger. If you think you’re strong, everyone else will seem weaker. There’s no point in doing this. Simply look at where you are now, and aim to get better as you go forward.
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28 Dec 11
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Perhaps you try to work a solid 8-hour day without succumbing to distractions, and you can only do it once. The next day you fail utterly. That’s OK. You did one rep of 8 hours. Two is too much for you. So cut back a bit. What duration would allow you to successfully do 5 reps (i.e. a whole week)? Could you work with concentration for one hour a day, five days in a row? If you can’t do that, cut back to 30 minutes or whatever you can do. If you succeed (or if you feel that would be too easy), then increase the challenge (i.e. the resistance
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20 Nov 11
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Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state.
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Picture yourself saying to your body, “You’re overweight. Lose 20 pounds.”
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when you make a conscious decision, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it
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11 Nov 11
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Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence
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Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state
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Just as it takes muscle to build muscle, it takes self-discipline to build self-discipline
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lifting weights that are close to your limit
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You push your muscles until they fail, and then you rest
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tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limit
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if you fail to challenge yourself in life, you won’t gain any more self-discipline
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if you’re very undisciplined right now, you can still use what little discipline you have to build more
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The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets
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Challenges that were once impossible for you will eventually seem like child’s play
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If you think you’re weak, everyone else will seem stronger. If you think you’re strong, everyone else will seem weaker
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08 Nov 11
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02 May 11
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The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. If you take the first letter of each word, you get the acronym “A WHIP
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whipping
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The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you make a conscious decision, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it.
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. Moreover, it becomes a powerful teammate when combined with other tools like passion, goal-setting, and planning.
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Self-discipline is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger you become. The less you train it, the weaker you become.
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using progressive weight training to build muscle
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tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limi
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If you try to transform your entire life overnight by setting dozens of new goals for yourself and expecting yourself to follow through consistently starting the very next day, you’re almost certain to fail
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Don’t compare yourself to other people
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What duration would allow you to successfully do 5 reps (i.e. a whole week)?
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Once you’ve mastered a week at one level, take it up a notch the next week. And continue with this progressive training until you’ve reached your goal.
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05 Apr 11
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30 Mar 11
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Perhaps you try to work a solid 8-hour day without succumbing to distractions, and you can only do it once. The next day you fail utterly. That’s OK. You did one rep of 8 hours. Two is too much for you. So cut back a bit. What duration would allow you to successfully do 5 reps (i.e. a whole week)? Could you work with concentration for one hour a day, five days in a row? If you can’t do that, cut back to 30 minutes or whatever you can do. If you succeed (or if you feel that would be too easy), then increase the challenge (i.e. the resistance).
Once you’ve mastered a week at one level, take it up a notch the next week. And continue with this progressive training until you’ve reached your goal
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12 Aug 10
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Similarly, the basic method to build self-discipline is to tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limit.
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It’s a mistake to try to push yourself too hard when trying to build self-discipline.
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Don’t compare yourself to other people. It won’t help.
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02 Aug 10
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29 Jun 10
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18 Jun 10
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Within the domain of problems it can solve, self-discipline is simply unmatched. Moreover, it becomes a powerful teammate when combined with other tools like passion, goal-setting, and planning.
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15 Jun 10
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30 Mar 10
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The more you train it, the stronger you become. The less you train it, the weaker you become.
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You must start with weights/challenges that are within your current ability to lift but which are near your limit.
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Don’t compare yourself to other people. It won’t help
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Simply look at where you are now, and aim to get better as you go forward.
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Once you’ve mastered a week at one level, take it up a notch the next week. And continue with this progressive training until you’ve reached your goal.
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02 Mar 10
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24 Feb 10
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The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence
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“A WHIP”
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Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state.
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The way to build self-discipline is analogous to using progressive weight training to build muscle.
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the basic method to build self-discipline is to tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limit.
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once you succeed, you increase the challenge
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Don’t compare yourself to other people. It won’t help.
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Simply look at where you are now, and aim to get better as you go forward.
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Let’s consider an example.
Suppose you want to develop the ability to do 8 solid hours of work each day, since you know it will make a real difference in your career. I was listening to an audio program this morning that quoted a study saying the average office worker spends 37% of their time in idle socializing, not to mention other vices that chew up more than 50% of work time with unproductive non-work. So there’s plenty of room for improvement.
Perhaps you try to work a solid 8-hour day without succumbing to distractions, and you can only do it once. The next day you fail utterly. That’s OK. You did one rep of 8 hours. Two is too much for you. So cut back a bit. What duration would allow you to successfully do 5 reps (i.e. a whole week)? Could you work with concentration for one hour a day, five days in a row? If you can’t do that, cut back to 30 minutes or whatever you can do. If you succeed (or if you feel that would be too easy), then increase the challenge (i.e. the resistance).
Once you’ve mastered a week at one level, take it up a notch the next week. And continue with this progressive training until you’ve reached your goal.
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regardless of your emotional state.
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the ability to get yourself to take action
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The more you train it, the stronger you become.
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Self-discipline is like a muscle
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it takes self-discipline to build self-discipline.
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close to your limit
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lifting weights that are
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mistake to try to push yourself too hard
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develop the ability to do 8 solid hours of work each day
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What duration would allow you to successfully do 5 reps
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14 Dec 08
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05 Sep 08
levente szabofit of the work you’ve done along the way, so that’s even better. It’s great when your training produces something of value AND makes you stronger.
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27 Aug 08
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Self-discipline is the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state.
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Within the domain of problems it can solve, self-discipline is simply unmatched. Moreover, it becomes a powerful teammate when combined with other tools like passion, goal-setting, and planning.
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25 Aug 08
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12 Aug 08
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18 May 08
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08 May 08
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ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state.
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02 Apr 08
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21 Mar 08
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16 Mar 08
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The pinnacle of self-discipline is when you reach the point that when you make a conscious decision, it’s virtually guaranteed you’ll follow through on it.
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Progressive training means that once you succeed, you increase the challenge. If you keep working out with the same weights, you won’t get any stronger. Similarly, if you fail to challenge yourself in life, you won’t gain any more self-discipline.
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07 Dec 07
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01 Nov 07
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pillars
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Willpower
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Acceptance
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regardless of
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manifest
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sufficient
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pinnacle
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it’s a done deal
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virtually
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panacea
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shreds
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empower
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addiction
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It can wipe out procrastination
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disorder
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ignorance
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domain of problems
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Self-discipline is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger you become. The less you train it, the weaker you become.
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analogy
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muscular strength
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analogous
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tackle
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you’re almost certain to fail
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idle
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socializing
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succumbing
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distractions
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07 Oct 07
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02 Oct 07
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10 Sep 07
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12 Aug 07
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The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. If you take the first letter of each word, you get the acronym “A WHIP”
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the basic method to build self-discipline is to tackle challenges that you can successfully accomplish but which are near your limit.
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31 Jul 07
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21 Jun 07
Robert FeldtGood set of blogs on the different aspects of self-discipline
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01 Apr 07
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The Five Pillars of Self-Discipline The five pillars of self-discipline are: Acceptance, Willpower, Hard Work, Industry, and Persistence. If you take the first letter of each word, you get the acronym “A WHIP” — a convenient way to remember them, since many people associate self-discipline with whipping themselves into shape. Each day of the series, I’ll explore one of these pillars, explaining why it’s important and how to develop it.
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30 Mar 07
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02 Feb 07
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The more disciplined you become, the easier life gets.
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There’s no intrinsic benefit in lifting a weight up and down — the benefit comes from the muscle growth.
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