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Take a small steps
With anything that you wish
to apply discipline to, you want to make sure that you are not overwhelmed when
from the get-go.
What the majority of people
who want to change their life in some way shape or fashion do is to aim to do
as much as possible in the shortest amount of time that they think is available
to them.
The idea behind this approach
is to build the discipline of legends by hammering themselves into the ground
and doing an insane amount of work, according to the level they are at
currently.
Eventually, they will burn
out and be back at square one, deflated and equating their lack of progress
with their supposed `lack of talent`.
It isn`t lack of talent, it
is simply that they have taken on too much at one time.
What you want to do is to
start small.
Rather than aiming to lose 15
pounds in 30 days, try shedding just 0.5 - 1 pound a week.
Instead of taking on all
aspects of the presentation by yourself, delegate the tasks you aren`t good at,
and double down on your strengths, focusing on the one thing that you are
insanely good at and then commit to making that project the best that the
company has ever seen.
The key takeaway: start small
and be bold.
Know what you want
This is obvious, right?
Well, not to a lot of us.
Undisciplined people not only
tend to go too hard at the start, but they have no real idea of where they are
going, simply just wanting to do something for the sake of doing it!
It`s like going for a drive,
not having a destination, and just driving around for the hell of it, all the
time wasting fuel, time, and energy you could have used to planning a great
road trip with a go-karting race, fishing trip, or night on the town at the end
of it.
So, instead of saying `I want
to lose weight`, think of something like, `I will lose 20 pounds by December
31st 2019, by doing three sessions of HIIT cardio a week and doing weights on
the off days.`
Why do this?
Think about it.
If you don`t have a target to
shoot for, then you`ll shoot at anything that moves, and probably never hit
anything.
Be clear on what you want and
execute.
Embrace failure
We`ve all been brought up to
have an unhealthy relationship with failure.
When they come across a
setback, an obstacle, or a vexing problem that offers very little solutions and
seems impossible to break, they are quick to get discouraged, throw in the
towel and blame it on their `lack of skill`.
What is required here is a
complete paradigm shift.
View failure as a stepping
stone, a way of showing you the right way, as opposed to being the evil specter
that so many of us have made it out to be.
You can never know success
unless you experience failure.
It is that simple.
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