Lisa Goleman - Self-Discipline Blueprint: Build Mental Toughness to Beat Procrastination and Achieve Your Goals

Self-discipline is ne f the mst imprtnt nd useful skills everyne shuld pssess. This skill is essentil in every re f life, nd thugh mst peple cknwledge its imprtnce, very few d smething t strengthen it.

Cntrry t cmmn belief, self-discipline des nt men being hrsh twrd yurself, r living limited, restrictive lifestyle. Self discipline mens self cntrl, which is sign f inner strength nd cntrl f yurself, yur ctins, nd yur rectins.

Self discipline gives yu the pwer t stick t yur decisins nd fllw them thrugh, withut chnging yur mind, nd is therefre, ne f the imprtnt requirements fr chieving gls.

The pssessin f this skill enbles yu t persevere with yur decisins nd plns until yu ccmplish them. It ls mnifests s inner strength, helping yu t vercme ddictins, prcrstintin nd lziness, nd t fllw thrugh with whtever yu d.

ne f its min chrcteristics is the bility t reject instnt grtifictin nd plesure, in fvr f sme greter gin, which requires spending effrt nd time t get it.

Self discipline is ne f the imprtnt ingredients f success. It expresses itself in vriety f wys:

• Persevernce.
• The bility nt t give up, despite filure nd setbcks.
• self cntrl.
• The bility t resist distrctins r tempttins.
• Trying ver nd gin, until yu ccmplish wht yu set ut t d.

Life puts chllenges nd prblems n the pth t success nd chievement, nd in rder t rise bve them, yu hve t ct with persevernce nd persistence, nd this f curse, requires self-discipline.

The pssessin f this skill leds t self-cnfidence nd self esteem, nd cnsequently, t hppiness nd stisfctin.

n the ther hnd, lck f self discipline leds t filure, lss, helth nd reltinships' prblems, besity, nd t ther prblems.

This skill is ls useful fr vercming eting disrders, ddictins, smking, drinking nd negtive hbits. Yu ls need it t mke yurself sit nd study, exercise yur bdy, develp new skills, nd fr self imprvement, spiritul grwth nd medittin.

s sid erlier, mst peple cknwledge the imprtnce nd benefits f self discipline, but very few tke rel steps t develp nd strengthen it. Hwever, yu cn strengthen this bility like ny ther skill. This is dne thrugh trining nd exercises.

Self Discipline Benefits nd Imprtnce

Self-discipline helps yu:

• vid cting rshly nd n impulse.
• Fulfill prmises yu mke t yurself nd t thers.
• vercme lziness nd prcrstintin.
• Cntinue wrking n prject, even fter the initil rush f enthusism hs fded wy.
• G t the gym, wlk r swim, even if yur mind tells yu t sty t hme nd wtch TV.
• Cntinue wrking n yur diet, nd resisting the tempttin f eting fttening fds.
• Wke up erly in the mrning.
• vercme the hbit f wtching t much TV.
• Strt reding bk, nd red it t the lst pge.
• Meditte regulrly.

It will be esier fr yu t strengthen yur self discipline, if yu:

1. Understnd its imprtnce in yur life.
2. Becme wre f yur undisciplined behvir nd its cnsequences. When this wreness increses, yu will be mre cnvinced f the need t mke chnge in yur life.
3. Mke the effrt t ct nd behve ccrding t the decisins yu mke, regrdless f lziness, the tendency t prcrstinte, r the desire t give up nd stp wht yu re ding.
4. Yu cn strengthen yur self disciple, even if it is currently wek, with the help f specil simple exercises, which yu cn prctice t ny time r plce.

Forming Good Habits and Breaking Bad Habits

Bad habits can keep some people from enjoying a healthy and meaningful life. A wide variety of bad habits could be weighing them down, which may include vices such as smoking, excessive eating, lack of exercise, and compulsive shopping. Most readers can agree without much doubt that they have one or more of such bad habits that they wish to change.

In this book, we're going to offer you useful suggestions to help you make uplifting changes and create better behavior patterns, as we also know that many of you have tried to change your behaviors but have not been successful in doing so.

The creation of new patterns of behavior is not a one-day phenomenon. However, scientists have discovered that when people replicate these actions, again and again, new brain cells grow extensions (referred to as dendrites) that bind with each other, and overtime these habits would start to seem natural, as if they were learning new skills like football, piano or ballet. Therefore, you should plan to spend a lot of time changing your learned behavior.

You can't change all of them at once, and you shouldnt even try to do so. Perhaps your goal is to get yourself in shape and lose some weight; you might also want to get more organized and learn to speak Spanish. Realistically, this is way too much to focus on at a time; instead rank them and select one to start with.

Experts have proven that when you come up with a specific and focused goal, you will be successful in realizing it. As an example, instead of saying, "I'm going to eat less and lose weight," come up with an actual diet plan, and then decide that you're only going to the grocery store for those particular foods, and no other food, and on a specific day of every week. Instead of saying, "I'm going to exercise more," instead choose a single exercise that you prefer, like aerobics classes, or bike riding, and then practice it three times a week.

You need to consider any resistance to your goal; why haven't you been successful in your previous efforts? If you want to get more exercise, and yet hate classes of aerobics, then come up with a different kind of workout that you might enjoy. Make yourself a large, low-calorie, healthy meal every night if you want to lose weight, but make sure you dont overeat when you have dinner with your family.